Summary
Validated LC-MS/MS method for 20 PFAS at sub-ppt level in fruit and vegetables (LOQ down to 0.5 ng/kg, apparent recovery 90 to 119%), applied to 215 fruit and vegetable samples from grocery stores and markets; leafy vegetables the main contributor, mainly PFOA, then PFHpA and PFHxA.
Key numbers
Values read from the source tables and checked against the cited page. Shown as printed, without conversion. Selected records, not an exhaustive transcription. 1 values were held for review.
No values published.
Evidence Fitness
direct
Methods (brief)
See the methods section of the source PDF. Measured samples do not represent every product on the market.
Limitations
Values are reported by the authors for their own samples. Censored results and detection limits are as defined in the source. No unit conversions were made.
Provenance notes
DOI 10.1021/acs.jafc.4c01172 resolved at Crossref; DOI matched in the filed PDF text. Original file: Kause_2024_fruit_vegetables_215_market_samples_20_PFAS_subppt_LCMSMS_JAFC.pdf. SHA-256: 6c5bec0d8079dba07b7f227aa60d5dd32dd37449838e05fb735e44d8dbd0e1d9. Library folder: papers-produce-mixed.