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Occurrence and concentrations of 26 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) were evaluated in wastewater, surface water, soil and crop plants (yam (Dioscorea spp.), maize (tea mays) and sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)) in Nakivubo wetland and Lake Victoria at Kampala, Uganda. Sigma PFAS concentrations in effluent from Bugolobi wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) were higher (5.6-9.1 ngL(-1)) than in the corresponding influent (3.4-5.1 ngL(-1)), indicating poor removal of PFASs within the WWTP. Sigma PFAS concentrations decreased by a factor of approximately live between Nakivubo channel (8.5-12 ng L-1) and Lake Victoria (1.0-2.5 ng L-1), due to dilution, sorption to sediment and uptake by plants in the wetland. Sigma PFAS concentrations were within the range 1700-7900 pg g(-1)dry weight (dw) in soil and 160 pg g(-1)dw (maize cobs) to 380 pg g(-1) dw (sugarcane stems) in plants. The dominant PFASs were perfluorohexanesulfonate (PFHxS) in wastewater, perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) in surface water. perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS) in soil and perfluoroheptanoate (PFHpA) and PFOA in different plant tissues, reflecting PFAS-specific partitioning behaviour in different matrices. Soil-water partitioning coefficient (log K-d) in wetland soil under yam was lowest for short-chain PFHxA (1.9-2.3 L kg(-1)) and increased with increasing chain length to 2.8-3.1 Lkg(-1) for perfluoroundecanoate (PFUnDA) and 2.8-3.1 Lkg(-1) for perfluoroctanesulfonate (PFOS). The log K-oc, values ranged between 22 and 3.6 Lkg(-1) , with the highest log K-oc estimated for long-chain perfluorocarbon PFASs (i.e. PFUnDA 3.2-3.5 L kg(-1) and PFOS 3.2-3.6 Lkg(-1)). The concentration ratio (CR) between plants and soil was

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Plant uptake; PFAS; PFOS,PFOA; Soil; Wastewater; Maize; Yam; Sugarcane

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Science of the Total Environment
2018, volym: 631-632, sidor: 660-667

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.03.024

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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/94150