PERFLUORINATED SUBSTANCES IN TAP WATER OF JAPAN AND SEVERAL COUNTRIES AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO SURFACE WATER CONTAMINATION

1Research Center for Enviromental Quality Management , Kyoto University. (1-2 Yumihama, Otsu, Shiga, 520-0811, Japan) 2Research Center for Environmental and Hazardous Substance Management, Khon Kaen Universisty. (Mittraphab Road, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand) 3Biotechnology Research Institute , School of Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sabah. (Locked Bag 2073, 88999 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia) 4MTM Research Center , Department of Natural Sciences, Orebro University. (SE-70182, Orebro, Sweden) *E-mail: lien@biwa.eqc.kyoto-u.ac.jp

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