Canadian environmental sustainability indicators : perfluorooctane sulfonate in fish and water.: En4-144/56-2019E-PDF
"Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) has been used in stain repellents, fire-fighting foams and metal plating. It is of ecological concern, given its widespread occurrence and its bioaccumulation, persistence, and toxicity in animals. These indicators assess PFOS concentrations in fish tissue and water against the Federal Environmental Quality Guidelines"--page 5.
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Environment and Climate Change Canada. |
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| Title | Canadian environmental sustainability indicators : perfluorooctane sulfonate in fish and water. |
| Variant title | Perfluorooctane sulfonate in fish and water |
| Publication type | Monograph |
| Language | [English] |
| Other language editions | [French] |
| Earlier edition | Canadian environmental sustainability indicators |
| Format | Electronic |
| Electronic document | |
| Note(s) | Issued also in French under title: Indicateurs canadiens de durabilité de l'environnement : sulfonate de perfluorooctane dans les poissons et l'eau. Issued also in HTML format. Includes bibliographical references. |
| Publishing information | Gatineau, QC : Environment and Climate Change Canada = Environnement et changement climatique Canada, 2019. ©2019 |
| Description | 1 online resource (17 pages) |
| ISBN | 9780660288703 |
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| Subject terms | Environmental indicators Water pollution |