DRAFT Decatur, Alabama Manuscript – March 23, 2011 - 1 - 1 2 Application of WWTP Biosolids and Resulting Perfluorinated Compound 3 Contamination of Surface and Well Water in Decatur, Alabama, USA 4 5 6 7 8 Andrew B. Lindstrom 1* , Mark J.Strynar 1 , Amy D. Delinsky 1 , Shoji F. Nakayama 3 , Larry McMillan 2 , 9 E. Laurence Libelo 4 , Michael Neill 5 , and Lee Thomas 5 10 11 12 1 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Exposure Research Laboratory, Research 13 Triangle Park, NC 27711 14 2 National Caucus & Center on Black Aged, Inc., Durham, NC, USA 15 3 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, 16 Cincinnati, OH 45268 17 4 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Washington, 18 DC 20460 19 5 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region IV 20 21 22 *Corresponding author and address: Andrew B. Lindstrom 23 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 24 Mail Drop E205-04 25 Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 26 USA 27 Tel: 919-541-0551 28 Fax: 919-541-0905 29 E-mail: lindstrom.andrew@epa.gov 30 31 For submission to: Environmental Science & Technology 32 33