Ecological screening assessment report on perfluorooctane sulfonate, salts and precursors
Table of Contents
- Synopsis
- Introduction
- 1. Identity, Uses, and Sources of Release
- 2. Environmental Fate, Exposure and Effects
- 3. Environmental Concentrations
- 4. Key Toxicological Studies
- 5. Risk Quotient Analyses
- 6. Discussion
- 7. Conclusion
- 8. References
- Appendix 1: List of PFOS and its Precursors
- Appendix 2: PFOS Concentrations in Selected Wildlife in North America and Circumpolar Regions, 1982-2005
- Appendix 3: Risk Quotients for Migratory Birds
- Appendix 4: Summary of Data used in Risk Quotient (Q) Analyses of PFOS
- Appendix 5: Risk Quotients for PFOS
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June 2006
Environment Canada
The Health Canada Assessment for PFOS is available upon request at the following e-mail address: eccc.substances.eccc@canada.ca.
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