EWG has mapped more than 2,300 PFC detections from scientific studies of wildlife, people, water, air, and food over the past 25 years. Click on stars for details.
PFC Detections Worldwide
PFCs have been detected in the blood of humans on 3 continents. PFCs have also been detected in wildlife in more than in 3 of 4 continents tested, in 14 of 14 countries tested, in 76 of the 98 species tested, from polar bears in Alaska, to Albatrosses in the wildlife refuge in Midway Atoll.
