PFASs and 18 native PFASs,
including C4–C14 perfluorocarboxylic acids (PFCAs), C4–C12
perfluorosulfonic acids (PFSAs), fluorotelomer sulfonic acids (FTSAs),
and polyfluoroalkyl phosphoric acid diesters (diPAPs) (see full list
in
Laboratories (Guelph, ON, Canada). Ultrapure water was prepared using
a Milli-Q Advantage system (Millipore, Billerica, USA). Glacial acetic
acid (100%) was obtained from Merck (Darmstad, Germany), ammonium
acetate from Fluka (Buchs, Switzerland), and ammonium hydroxide and
hydrochloric acid from J.T. Baker (Phillipsburg, NJ, United States).
Methanol was purchased from Fisher Scientific (Leicestershire, UK)
and sodium hydroxide from VWR International (Radnor, PA, USA). Activated
carbon discs (47 mm × 2 mm) were supplied by Futamura Chemical
Co., Ltd. (Nagoya, Aichi, Japan), GF/A filters (47 mm diameter, 1.6
μm pore size) by VWR International (Radnor, PA, USA), and Sartolon
polyamide filters (47 mm diameter, pore size 0.45 μm) from Sartorius
(Göttingen, Germany). Polyurethane foam filters (47 mm diameter,
50 mm height) were obtained from Sunde Skumplast AS (Gan, Norway).
Weak anion exchange solid-phase extraction (WAX-SPE) cartridges (Oasis
WAX, 6 cc, 150 mg sorbent, 30 μm particle size) were purchased
from Waters Corp. (Milford, MA, USA).