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Abstract

Per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are globally distributed and present in nearly every environmental compartment. Characterizing the chronic toxicity of individual PFAS compounds and mixtures is necessary because many have been reported to cause adverse health effects. To derive toxicity reference values (TRVs) and conduct ecotoxicological risk assessments (ERAs) of PFAS‐contaminated ecosystems for wildlife, species‐specific PFAS chronic toxicity values (CTVs) are needed. The present study quantified PFAS residues from liver and eggs of birds chronically exposed to perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA) or a mixture of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and PFHxA that produced a no‐observable‐adverse‐effect level (NOAEL) and/or a lowest‐observable‐adverse‐effectlevel (LOAEL). The CTVs we present are lower than those previously reported for birds and should be considered in future regulatory evaluations. From the estimated species‐ and tissue‐specific PFAS CTVs, we found that PFOS and perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHxS) were more bioaccumulative than PFHxA in avian tissues, but PFHxA was more toxic to reproducing birds than either PFOS or a PFOS:PFHxS mixture. We further determined that avian toxicity was not necessarily additive with respect to PFAS mixtures, which could have implications for PFAS ERAs. The PFAS LOAEL CTVs can be used to predict reproductive and possible population‐level adverse health effects in wild avian receptors. Environ Toxicol Chem 2022;41:219–229. © 2021 SETAC

Analytical chemistry, Avian toxicity, Bioaccumulative compounds, Mixture toxicology, Risk assessment, Per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances
© 2021 SETAC
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Hazard/Risk Assessment
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