November 2019: Mary River (Prawle) Queensland. PFOS 0.0001ug/L, <LOR-0.0003ug/L, 0.0001ug/L. 50% frequency of detection.
Five species of fish were collected in the Burnett River. PFOS was only reported in one sample of forktailed catfish (0.001 mg/kg) and one sample of whiting (0.002 mg/kg; Table 13).). The only other PFAS reported was PFHxS in the same sample of whiting (0.003 mg/kg; Table 13). No PFOS or other PFAS were reported above the LOR in any of the other samples.
Source: Queensland Ambient PFAS Monitoring Program 2019–2020. Water Quality and Investigations, Department of Environment and Science. Queensland Government 2020