Levels and trends of metals in human populations living in the Arctic

The 2021 Arctic Monitoring Assessment Program (AMAP)’s Human Health Assessment report presents a summary of the presence of contaminants in human populations across the circumpolar Arctic and provides an update to the previous assessment released in 2015. The primary objective of this paper is to su...

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Main Authors: Bryan Adlard, Eva C. Bonefeld-Jørgensen, Alexey A. Dudarev, Kristin Olafsdottir, Khaled Abass, Pierre Ayotte, Élyse Caron-Beaudoin, Mallory Drysdale, Joshua Garcia-Barrios, Irina Gyllenhammar, Brian Laird, Melanie Lemire, Sanna Lignell, Manhai Long, Karin Norström, Sara Packull-McCormick, Maria Skaalum Petersen, Mylene Ratelle, Arja Rautio, Amalie Timmerman, Pal Weihe, Maria Wennberg
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Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2024-12-01
Series:International Journal of Circumpolar Health
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22423982.2024.2386140
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Alexey A. Dudarev
Kristin Olafsdottir
Khaled Abass
Pierre Ayotte
Élyse Caron-Beaudoin
Mallory Drysdale
Joshua Garcia-Barrios
Irina Gyllenhammar
Brian Laird
Melanie Lemire
Sanna Lignell
Manhai Long
Karin Norström
Sara Packull-McCormick
Maria Skaalum Petersen
Mylene Ratelle
Arja Rautio
Amalie Timmerman
Pal Weihe
Maria Wennberg
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Karin Norström
Sara Packull-McCormick
Maria Skaalum Petersen
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Arja Rautio
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Pal Weihe
Maria Wennberg
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description The 2021 Arctic Monitoring Assessment Program (AMAP)’s Human Health Assessment report presents a summary of the presence of contaminants in human populations across the circumpolar Arctic and provides an update to the previous assessment released in 2015. The primary objective of this paper is to summarise some of these findings by describing the current levels of metals across the Arctic, including key regional and temporal trends based on available national data and literature, and highlight knowledge gaps. Many Arctic populations continue to have elevated levels of these contaminants, and the highest levels of mercury (Hg) were observed in populations from Greenland, Faroe Islands, and Nunavik (Canada). Still, concentrations of several metals are declining in Arctic populations in regions where time trends data exist, although the declines are not consistent across all regions. The 2021 AMAP human health assessment report and this paper provide an extensive summary of levels of metals and trace elements in adults, pregnant women, and children across the Arctic.
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spelling doaj-art-bd6c337915a041ea8ca18fef50f9c5202025-08-20T01:54:33ZengTaylor & Francis GroupInternational Journal of Circumpolar Health2242-39822024-12-0183110.1080/22423982.2024.2386140Levels and trends of metals in human populations living in the ArcticBryan Adlard0Eva C. Bonefeld-Jørgensen1Alexey A. Dudarev2Kristin Olafsdottir3Khaled Abass4Pierre Ayotte5Élyse Caron-Beaudoin6Mallory Drysdale7Joshua Garcia-Barrios8Irina Gyllenhammar9Brian Laird10Melanie Lemire11Sanna Lignell12Manhai Long13Karin Norström14Sara Packull-McCormick15Maria Skaalum Petersen16Mylene Ratelle17Arja Rautio18Amalie Timmerman19Pal Weihe20Maria Wennberg21Environmental 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 EmiratesDépartement de médecine sociale et préventive, Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval and INSPQ, Québec City, CanadaDeptartment of Health and Society, University of Toronto Scarborough, Scarborough, ON, CanadaSchool of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, CanadaSchool of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, CanadaSwedish Food Agency, Deptartment of Risk & Benefit Assessment, Uppsala, SwedenSchool of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, CanadaCentre de recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval; Département de médecine sociale et préventive, Institut de biologie intégrative et des systèmes, Université Laval, Québec City, CanadaSwedish Food Agency, Deptartment 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, CanadaDepartment of Research, National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Torshavn, Faroe IslandsSchool of Public Health, University of Montreal, Montreal, Québec, CanadaBiomedicine and Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine University of Oulu, FinlandNational Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, DenmarkDepartment of Research, National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Torshavn, Faroe IslandsSection of Sustainable Health, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, SwedenThe 2021 Arctic Monitoring Assessment Program (AMAP)’s Human Health Assessment report presents a summary of the presence of contaminants in human populations across the circumpolar Arctic and provides an update to the previous assessment released in 2015. The primary objective of this paper is to summarise some of these findings by describing the current levels of metals across the Arctic, including key regional and temporal trends based on available national data and literature, and highlight knowledge gaps. Many Arctic populations continue to have elevated levels of these contaminants, and the highest levels of mercury (Hg) were observed in populations from Greenland, Faroe Islands, and Nunavik (Canada). Still, concentrations of several metals are declining in Arctic populations in regions where time trends data exist, although the declines are not consistent across all regions. The 2021 AMAP human health assessment report and this paper provide an extensive summary of levels of metals and trace elements in adults, pregnant women, and children across the Arctic.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22423982.2024.2386140Arcticbiomonitoringcontaminantsmetalsmercurylead
spellingShingle Bryan Adlard
Eva C. Bonefeld-Jørgensen
Alexey A. Dudarev
Kristin Olafsdottir
Khaled Abass
Pierre Ayotte
Élyse Caron-Beaudoin
Mallory Drysdale
Joshua Garcia-Barrios
Irina Gyllenhammar
Brian Laird
Melanie Lemire
Sanna Lignell
Manhai Long
Karin Norström
Sara Packull-McCormick
Maria Skaalum Petersen
Mylene Ratelle
Arja Rautio
Amalie Timmerman
Pal Weihe
Maria Wennberg
Levels and trends of metals in human populations living in the Arctic
International Journal of Circumpolar Health
Arctic
biomonitoring
contaminants
metals
mercury
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title Levels and trends of metals in human populations living in the Arctic
title_full Levels and trends of metals in human populations living in the Arctic
title_fullStr Levels and trends of metals in human populations living in the Arctic
title_full_unstemmed Levels and trends of metals in human populations living in the Arctic
title_short Levels and trends of metals in human populations living in the Arctic
title_sort levels and trends of metals in human populations living in the arctic
topic Arctic
biomonitoring
contaminants
metals
mercury
lead
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22423982.2024.2386140
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