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  • Limited fish metabolic data for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) creates uncertainty in risk assessments.
  • Existing assessments often rely on parent compounds or surrogate data from other species, which may not be accurate.

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  • To develop a rapid and transparent process for generating fish metabolic pathways for PFAS.
  • To compare fish metabolism maps across multiple species and systems to identify conserved pathways.
  • To improve the accuracy of PFAS risk assessments by providing better metabolic data.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a newly created database of systematically collected information for various organisms and environmental matrices.
  • Employed metabolism pathway software (MetaPath) and data evaluation tools.
  • Generated and compared fish metabolism maps for 10 specific PFAS compounds.

Main Results:

  • Fish metabolism maps for 10 PFAS were generated and compared across species.
  • Metabolic pathways for PFAS appear to be well-conserved across different species and systems.
  • Consideration of sample matrix, analytical methods, and metabolite quantities aids cross-species comparisons.

Conclusions:

  • A collated, searchable database of PFAS metabolism is crucial for accurate metabolite prediction.
  • For PFAS lacking fish-specific studies, a composite map from all available data serves as the best predictive tool.
  • The conserved nature of PFAS metabolism across species underscores the utility of this database approach for risk assessment.