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Home-Produced Eggs as Indicators of PFAS Contamination in Food Following a Fire at a Plastic Recycling Plant

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Summary

Egg sampling after a recycling-plant fire distinguishes southern and northern sampling areas, commercial eggs and a comparison area. Table groups retain their source labels.

Key numbers

Source-reported values checked against the cited page of the filed PDF. Values are reported as printed, without conversion. These are selected records, not an exhaustive transcription.

analytevalueunitbasissource locationlimits and qualifiers
PFOS1.11 ± 3.06ng/g wet weightEggs; group A1; mean ± SD if numericPDF p.8 Table 1nd = not detected. Individual LOQs referenced to absent supplementary Table S2; no limits inferred.
PFNA0.15 ± 0.75ng/g wet weightEggs; group A1; mean ± SD if numericPDF p.8 Table 1nd = not detected. Individual LOQs referenced to absent supplementary Table S2; no limits inferred.
PFOA0.056 ± 0.31ng/g wet weightEggs; group A1; mean ± SD if numericPDF p.8 Table 1nd = not detected. Individual LOQs referenced to absent supplementary Table S2; no limits inferred.
PFHxS0.0035 ± 0.015ng/g wet weightEggs; group A1; mean ± SD if numericPDF p.8 Table 1nd = not detected. Individual LOQs referenced to absent supplementary Table S2; no limits inferred.
PFOS0.99 ± 3.79ng/g wet weightEggs; group A2; mean ± SD if numericPDF p.8 Table 1nd = not detected. Individual LOQs referenced to absent supplementary Table S2; no limits inferred.
PFNA0.029 ± 0.024ng/g wet weightEggs; group A2; mean ± SD if numericPDF p.8 Table 1nd = not detected. Individual LOQs referenced to absent supplementary Table S2; no limits inferred.
PFOA0.0038 ± 0.018ng/g wet weightEggs; group A2; mean ± SD if numericPDF p.8 Table 1nd = not detected. Individual LOQs referenced to absent supplementary Table S2; no limits inferred.
PFHxS0.0049 ± 0.023ng/g wet weightEggs; group A2; mean ± SD if numericPDF p.8 Table 1nd = not detected. Individual LOQs referenced to absent supplementary Table S2; no limits inferred.
PFOS0.38 ± 0.77ng/g wet weightEggs; group A3; mean ± SD if numericPDF p.8 Table 1nd = not detected. Individual LOQs referenced to absent supplementary Table S2; no limits inferred.
PFNA0.022 ± 0.029ng/g wet weightEggs; group A3; mean ± SD if numericPDF p.8 Table 1nd = not detected. Individual LOQs referenced to absent supplementary Table S2; no limits inferred.
PFOA0.0039 ± 0.019ng/g wet weightEggs; group A3; mean ± SD if numericPDF p.8 Table 1nd = not detected. Individual LOQs referenced to absent supplementary Table S2; no limits inferred.
PFHxS0.0022 ± 0.01ng/g wet weightEggs; group A3; mean ± SD if numericPDF p.8 Table 1nd = not detected. Individual LOQs referenced to absent supplementary Table S2; no limits inferred.
PFOS0.85 ± 0.80ng/g wet weightEggs; group B1; mean ± SD if numericPDF p.8 Table 1nd = not detected. Individual LOQs referenced to absent supplementary Table S2; no limits inferred.
PFNA0.058 ± 0.045ng/g wet weightEggs; group B1; mean ± SD if numericPDF p.8 Table 1nd = not detected. Individual LOQs referenced to absent supplementary Table S2; no limits inferred.
PFOA0.015 ± 0.033ng/g wet weightEggs; group B1; mean ± SD if numericPDF p.8 Table 1nd = not detected. Individual LOQs referenced to absent supplementary Table S2; no limits inferred.
PFHxS0.0059 ± 0.019ng/g wet weightEggs; group B1; mean ± SD if numericPDF p.8 Table 1nd = not detected. Individual LOQs referenced to absent supplementary Table S2; no limits inferred.
PFOS0.34 ± 0.39ng/g wet weightEggs; group B2; mean ± SD if numericPDF p.8 Table 1nd = not detected. Individual LOQs referenced to absent supplementary Table S2; no limits inferred.
PFNA0.038 ± 0.021ng/g wet weightEggs; group B2; mean ± SD if numericPDF p.8 Table 1nd = not detected. Individual LOQs referenced to absent supplementary Table S2; no limits inferred.
PFOAndng/g wet weightEggs; group B2; mean ± SD if numericPDF p.8 Table 1nd = not detected. Individual LOQs referenced to absent supplementary Table S2; no limits inferred.
PFHxSndng/g wet weightEggs; group B2; mean ± SD if numericPDF p.8 Table 1nd = not detected. Individual LOQs referenced to absent supplementary Table S2; no limits inferred.
PFOS0.34 ± 0.41ng/g wet weightEggs; group B3; mean ± SD if numericPDF p.8 Table 1nd = not detected. Individual LOQs referenced to absent supplementary Table S2; no limits inferred.
PFNA0.031 ± 0.025ng/g wet weightEggs; group B3; mean ± SD if numericPDF p.8 Table 1nd = not detected. Individual LOQs referenced to absent supplementary Table S2; no limits inferred.
PFOA0.0056 ± 0.018ng/g wet weightEggs; group B3; mean ± SD if numericPDF p.8 Table 1nd = not detected. Individual LOQs referenced to absent supplementary Table S2; no limits inferred.
PFHxSndng/g wet weightEggs; group B3; mean ± SD if numericPDF p.8 Table 1nd = not detected. Individual LOQs referenced to absent supplementary Table S2; no limits inferred.
PFOS0.0021 ± 0.0065ng/g wet weightEggs; group C1; mean ± SD if numericPDF p.8 Table 1nd = not detected. Individual LOQs referenced to absent supplementary Table S2; no limits inferred.
PFNAndng/g wet weightEggs; group C1; mean ± SD if numericPDF p.8 Table 1nd = not detected. Individual LOQs referenced to absent supplementary Table S2; no limits inferred.
PFOAndng/g wet weightEggs; group C1; mean ± SD if numericPDF p.8 Table 1nd = not detected. Individual LOQs referenced to absent supplementary Table S2; no limits inferred.
PFHxSndng/g wet weightEggs; group C1; mean ± SD if numericPDF p.8 Table 1nd = not detected. Individual LOQs referenced to absent supplementary Table S2; no limits inferred.
PFOSndng/g wet weightEggs; group C2/C3; mean ± SD if numericPDF p.8 Table 1nd = not detected. Individual LOQs referenced to absent supplementary Table S2; no limits inferred.
PFNAndng/g wet weightEggs; group C2/C3; mean ± SD if numericPDF p.8 Table 1nd = not detected. Individual LOQs referenced to absent supplementary Table S2; no limits inferred.
PFOAndng/g wet weightEggs; group C2/C3; mean ± SD if numericPDF p.8 Table 1nd = not detected. Individual LOQs referenced to absent supplementary Table S2; no limits inferred.
PFHxSndng/g wet weightEggs; group C2/C3; mean ± SD if numericPDF p.8 Table 1nd = not detected. Individual LOQs referenced to absent supplementary Table S2; no limits inferred.
PFNA0.034 ± 0.022ng/g wet weightEggs; group D; mean ± SD if numericPDF p.8 Table 1nd = not detected. Individual LOQs referenced to absent supplementary Table S2; no limits inferred.
PFOA0.005 ± 0.012ng/g wet weightEggs; group D; mean ± SD if numericPDF p.8 Table 1nd = not detected. Individual LOQs referenced to absent supplementary Table S2; no limits inferred.
PFHxS0.0014 ± 0.0061ng/g wet weightEggs; group D; mean ± SD if numericPDF p.8 Table 1nd = not detected. Individual LOQs referenced to absent supplementary Table S2; no limits inferred.

1 further transcribed values remain under review and are not shown.

Evidence Fitness

Methods (brief)

Modified QuEChERS and UHPLC-MS/MS negative ESI dynamic multiple reaction monitoring (PDF pp.5 to 6).

Targets as printed or genericized: PFBA; PFPeA; PFHxA; PFHpA; PFOA; PFNA; PFDA; PFUnDA; PFDoDA; PFTrDA; PFTeDA; PFBS; PFPeS; PFHxS; PFHpS; PFOS isomers; PFNS; PFDS; PFUnDS; PFDoDS; PFTrDS; FOSA; DONA; HFPO-DA; 4:2 FTS; 6:2 FTS; 8:2 FTS; 9Cl-PF3ONS; 11Cl-PF3OUdS; additional sulfonamide standards with commercial identifiers omitted (PDF pp.4 to 6).

Limitations

Group labels and timing are defined in Table 1 caption, PDF p.8. B1 denominator conflicts with detection counts. Absent supplementary validation table prevents analyte-specific limit transcription. No causal attribution is inferred. No conversions, risk thresholds, representativeness claims, or safety conclusions are added.

Provenance notes

Local staged PDF copied unchanged. DOI checked in deposited PDF against MANIFEST; no external resolution attempted. Title and citation metadata checked against the PDF first page.

See the cell MISMATCHES.csv for unresolved discrepancies. The legacy MANIFEST analyte field is discovery metadata, not an audited target list.

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Eggs

PFHxS

PFNA

PFOA

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