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Timetrend of data from the German Environmental Specimen Bank for PFOS and PFOA

Figure Created 10 Oct 2022 Published 09 Dec 2022 Last modified 09 Dec 2022

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Topics: Environment and health

This shows the geometric mean (normalised to 1986) levels of Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) in human subjects.

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Units:: Unitless, the data are presented as a geometric mean, normalised to 1986 data.
Rights:: EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).
Owners:: European Environment Agency (EEA)
Processors:: Umwelt Bundes Amt (UBA)
Figure type:: Graph

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Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) in blood plasma of the German Environmental Specimen Bank (ESB) (20 volunteers per year). The chart is based on data provided by the German Environment Agency (UBA) and available at this link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2020.106123.