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Table 18.4 (continued)
Country
Location
PFOS concentration
(ng/L)
References
Malaysia
–
1.5
Kunacheva et al. (2012)
Kota Kinabalu
<0.1–3.4
Lien et al. (2006a, b)
Nepal
–
2.6
Kunacheva et al. (2012)
Sri Lanka
–
1.1
Singapore
–
5.5
Spain
Spanish surface water
31–119
Flores et al. (2013)
Llobregat River
254
Loos et al. (2009)
Besós River
275
Catalan Rivers
1.09–9.56
Sánchez-Avila et al.
(2010)
Sweden
–
1.2
Kunacheva et al. (2012)
Taiwan
–
3.5
Thailand
–
0.8
Kunacheva et al. (2012)
Phong River
<0.1–1.1
Lien et al. (2006a, b)
Turkey
–
1.0
Kunacheva et al. (2012)
U.K.
–
<11–208
Atkinson et al. (2008)
USA
–
<1–57
Quinones and Snyder
(2009)
California
20–190
Plumlee et al. (2008)
Georgia
1.8–22
Loganathan et al. (2007)
Kentucky
7.0–149
North Carolina
132.0
Nakayama et al. (2007)
Tennessee River
16.8–114
Hansen et al. (2002)
Vietnam
Hanoi, Danang, Hue
and Ho Chi Minh City
0.18–5.3
Duong et al. (2015)
Red River
0.21
Lake water
Africa
Lake Victoria
<0.1–2.5
Orata et al. (2009)
Canada/USA Lake Erie
11–39
Boulanger et al. (2004)
Lake Ontario
6–121
China
Taihu Lake
3.6–394
Yang et al. (2011)
Italy
Lake Maggiore
9.0
Loos et al. (2007)
South Korea Shihwa and Banweol
2.24–651
Rostkowski et al. (2006)
Coastal and Bay water
Australia
Moreton Bay
0.64–2.3
Gallen et al. (2014)
(continued)