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Table 20 PFOS and PFOA renal clearance and serum half-life in humans compared with monkeys and rats

From: Toxicology of perfluorinated compounds

Substance

Species

Gender

Renal clearance (mL/day/kg)

Serum half-life in days

PFOS

Human

Female (48 kg)

0.019

n.r.

  

Male (61 kg)

0.012

3, 165

 

Cynomolgus monkey

Male

n.r.

200

PFOA

Human

Female (48 kg)

0.027

n.r.

  

Male (61 kg)

0.033

1, 573

 

Japanese macaque

Female

32

2.7

  

Male

15

5.6

 

Wistar rat

Female

1, 054

0.08

  

Male

46.1

5.63

  1. Adapted from Harada et al. [126]; n.r., not reported.