Analysis of volatile and semi-volatile perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in industrially contaminated soils

In the current study, soils obtained from a collaboration with a fluorotelomer-based polymer manufacturing facility in New Jersey, USA were subjected to both targeted and non-targeted analysis of PFCA precursors. Surface soil samples were screened for twenty-two volatile PFAS precursors using GC-positive chemical ionization (PCI)-MS (targeted) including eight nFTOHs, four secondary FTOHs (sFTOHs), six FT-acrylates (FT-Acrs) and four FT-acetates (Table S1) as well as the concentrations of their terminal transformation products (i.e., PFCAs, n=16) determined by LC-MS/MS. Targeted analysis confirmed the presence of these series, specifically the nFTOHs, and non-targeted analysis highlighted additional known and novel industrial manufacturing by-products likely unintentionally produced during the FT-polymerization process. This dataset is associated with the following publication: Henderson, W., M. Evich, J. Washington, T. Ward, B. Schumacher, J. Zimmerman, Y. Kim, E. Weber, A. Williams, M. Smeltz, and D. Glinski. Analysis of Legacy and Novel Neutral Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Soils from an Industrial Manufacturing Facility. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, USA, 58(24): 10729–10739, (2024).

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  "https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c10268",
  "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11304343"
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