Temporal variations of perfluoroalkyl substances and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in alpine snow

Kirchgeorg, Torben; Dreyer, Annekatrin; Gabrieli, Jacopo; Kehrwald, Natalie; Sigl, Michael; Schwikowski, Margit; Boutron, Claude; Gambaro, Andrea; Barbante, Carlo; Ebinghaus, Ralf (2013). Temporal variations of perfluoroalkyl substances and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in alpine snow. Environmental pollution, 178, pp. 367-374. Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.03.043

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The occurrence and temporal variation of 18 perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and 8 polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in the European Alps was investigated in a 10 m shallow firn core from Colle Gnifetti in the Monte Rosa Massif (4455 m above sea level). The firn core encompasses the years 1997-2007. Firn core sections were analyzed by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (PFASs) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (PBDEs). We detected 12 PFASs and 8 PBDEs in the firn samples. Perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA; 0.3-1.8 ng L(-1)) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA; 0.2-0.6 ng L(-1)) were the major PFASs while BDE 99 (<MQL-4.5 ng L(-1)) and BDE 47 (n.d.-2.6 ng L(-1)) were the major PBDEs. This study demonstrates the occurrence of PFASs and PBDEs in the European Alps and provides the first evidence that PFASs compositions may be changing to PFBA-dominated compositions.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

10 Strategic Research Centers > Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research (OCCR)
08 Faculty of Science > Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences (DCBP)

UniBE Contributor:

Schwikowski, Margit

Subjects:

500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology
500 Science > 540 Chemistry

ISSN:

0269-7491

Publisher:

Elsevier Science

Language:

English

Submitter:

Franziska Bornhauser-Rufer

Date Deposited:

04 Apr 2014 20:49

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:31

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.envpol.2013.03.043

PubMed ID:

23607941

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/46231

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