Levels and trends of persistent organic pollutants in human populations living in the Arctic
The Arctic Monitoring Assessment Program (AMAP) is tasked with monitoring and assessing the status of environmental contaminants in the Arctic, documenting levels and trends, and producing science-based assessments. The objectives of this paper are to present the current levels of persistent organic...
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| author | Bryan Adlard Eva C. Bonefeld-Jørgensen Alexey A. Dudarev Kristin Olafsdottir Khaled Abass Maria Averina Pierre Ayotte James Berner Sam Byrne Élyse Caron-Beaudoin Mallory Drysdale Pierre Dumas Joshua Garcia-Barrios Irina Gyllenhammar Brian Laird Melanie Lemire Amira Aker Sanna Lignell Manhai Long Karin Norström Sara Packull-McCormick Maria Skaalum Petersen Mylene Ratelle Arja Rautio Amalie Timmerman Gunnar Toft Pal Weihe Therese Haugdahl Nøst Maria Wennberg |
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| description | The Arctic Monitoring Assessment Program (AMAP) is tasked with monitoring and assessing the status of environmental contaminants in the Arctic, documenting levels and trends, and producing science-based assessments. The objectives of this paper are to present the current levels of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) across the Arctic, and to identify trends and knowledge gaps as detailed in the most recent AMAP Human Health Assessment Report. Many Arctic populations continue to have elevated levels of these contaminants, and the highest levels of POPs were observed in populations from Greenland, Faroe Islands, and Nunavik (Canada), as well as populations in the coastal Chukotka district (Russia) for legacy POPs only. Concentrations of most POPs are declining in Arctic populations in regions where time trends data exist, although the declines are not consistent across all regions. The exceptions are per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, with concentrations of some long-chain PFAS such as perfluorononanoic acid increasing in populations in Nunavik, Greenland and Sweden. This paper provides a more extensive summary of levels of contaminants in adults, pregnant women, and children across the Arctic than previous AMAP human health assessments, particularly for levels of long-chain PFAS, which are currently under consideration for inclusion in the Stockholm Convention. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-052c77248cb9451f810b94befecae2db2025-08-20T01:54:33ZengTaylor & Francis GroupInternational Journal of Circumpolar Health2242-39822024-12-0183110.1080/22423982.2024.2392405Levels and trends of persistent organic pollutants in human populations living in the ArcticBryan Adlard0Eva C. Bonefeld-Jørgensen1Alexey A. Dudarev2Kristin Olafsdottir3Khaled Abass4Maria Averina5Pierre Ayotte6James Berner7Sam Byrne8Élyse Caron-Beaudoin9Mallory Drysdale10Pierre Dumas11Joshua Garcia-Barrios12Irina Gyllenhammar13Brian Laird14Melanie Lemire15Amira Aker16Sanna Lignell17Manhai Long18Karin Norström19Sara Packull-McCormick20Maria Skaalum Petersen21Mylene Ratelle22Arja Rautio23Amalie Timmerman24Gunnar Toft25Pal Weihe26Therese Haugdahl Nøst27Maria Wennberg28Environmental Health Science and Research Bureau, Health Canada, Ottawa, CanadaCentre for Arctic Health & Molecular Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, DenmarkArctic Environmental Health Department, Northwest Public Health Research Center, St-Petersburg, RussiaDepartment of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, IcelandDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab EmiratesDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, NorwayCentre de recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval and INSPQ, Québec City, Québec, CanadaDepartment of Environment and Health, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, AK, USADepartment of Biology and Program in Global Health, Middlebury College, Middlebury, USADepartment of Health and Society, University of Toronto Scarborough, Ontario, CanadaSchool of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, CanadaCentre de recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval and INSPQ, Québec City, Québec, CanadaSchool of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, CanadaSwedish Food Agency, Department of Risk & Benefit Assessment, Uppsala, SwedenSchool of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, CanadaCentre de recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Québec City, Québec, CanadaCentre de recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Québec City, Québec, CanadaSwedish Food Agency, Department of Risk & Benefit Assessment, Uppsala, SwedenCentre for Arctic Health & Molecular Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, DenmarkSwedish Environmental Protection Agency, Stockholm, SwedenSchool of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Research, National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Torshavn, Faroe IslandsSchool of Public Health, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaBiomedicine and Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, FinlandNational Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, DenmarkSteno Diabetes Center Aarhus, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, DenmarkDepartment of Research, National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Torshavn, Faroe IslandsDepartment of Community Medicine, UiT, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, NorwaySection of Sustainable Health, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, SwedenThe Arctic Monitoring Assessment Program (AMAP) is tasked with monitoring and assessing the status of environmental contaminants in the Arctic, documenting levels and trends, and producing science-based assessments. The objectives of this paper are to present the current levels of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) across the Arctic, and to identify trends and knowledge gaps as detailed in the most recent AMAP Human Health Assessment Report. Many Arctic populations continue to have elevated levels of these contaminants, and the highest levels of POPs were observed in populations from Greenland, Faroe Islands, and Nunavik (Canada), as well as populations in the coastal Chukotka district (Russia) for legacy POPs only. Concentrations of most POPs are declining in Arctic populations in regions where time trends data exist, although the declines are not consistent across all regions. The exceptions are per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, with concentrations of some long-chain PFAS such as perfluorononanoic acid increasing in populations in Nunavik, Greenland and Sweden. This paper provides a more extensive summary of levels of contaminants in adults, pregnant women, and children across the Arctic than previous AMAP human health assessments, particularly for levels of long-chain PFAS, which are currently under consideration for inclusion in the Stockholm Convention.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22423982.2024.2392405ArcticbiomonitoringcontaminantsPOPsPFAS |
| spellingShingle | Bryan Adlard Eva C. Bonefeld-Jørgensen Alexey A. Dudarev Kristin Olafsdottir Khaled Abass Maria Averina Pierre Ayotte James Berner Sam Byrne Élyse Caron-Beaudoin Mallory Drysdale Pierre Dumas Joshua Garcia-Barrios Irina Gyllenhammar Brian Laird Melanie Lemire Amira Aker Sanna Lignell Manhai Long Karin Norström Sara Packull-McCormick Maria Skaalum Petersen Mylene Ratelle Arja Rautio Amalie Timmerman Gunnar Toft Pal Weihe Therese Haugdahl Nøst Maria Wennberg Levels and trends of persistent organic pollutants in human populations living in the Arctic International Journal of Circumpolar Health Arctic biomonitoring contaminants POPs PFAS |
| title | Levels and trends of persistent organic pollutants in human populations living in the Arctic |
| title_full | Levels and trends of persistent organic pollutants in human populations living in the Arctic |
| title_fullStr | Levels and trends of persistent organic pollutants in human populations living in the Arctic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Levels and trends of persistent organic pollutants in human populations living in the Arctic |
| title_short | Levels and trends of persistent organic pollutants in human populations living in the Arctic |
| title_sort | levels and trends of persistent organic pollutants in human populations living in the arctic |
| topic | Arctic biomonitoring contaminants POPs PFAS |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22423982.2024.2392405 |
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