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Table 3 PFOA and PFOS levels in food samples and their daily intakes

From: Environmental and biological monitoring of persistent fluorinated compounds in Japan and their toxicities

Sampling site

n

Units

PFOA

PFOS

Ref.

GM

GSD

Range

GM

GSD

Range

Ten sites in Japan

50

ng/g wet weight

<0.01

 

<0.01–0.024

0.012

2.6

<0.0017–0.12

[33]

Osaka

10

ng/day

61.4

1.7

22.7–124

76.3

1.6

32.1–180

[45]

 

ng/g wet weight

0.022

1.7

0.008–0.040

0.027

1.5

0.015–0.057

 

Miyagi

10

ng/day

44.4

1.5

29.0–90.4

61.5

2.5

18.5–267

[45]

 

ng/g wet weight

0.019

1.3

0.012–0.031

0.026

2.3

0.008–0.087

 
   

Median

Average

Range

Median

Average

Range

 

Canada

 

ng/day

 

70

  

110

 

[44]

Germany

31

ng/day

169

 

91.9–839

90.4

 

47.7–371

[43]

  1. GM geometric mean, GSD geometric standard deviation