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

TY - JOUR

T1 - Levels and trends of metals in human populations living in the Arctic

AU - Adlard, Bryan

AU - Bonefeld-Jørgensen, Eva C

AU - Dudarev, Alexey A

AU - Olafsdottir, Kristin

AU - Abass, Khaled

AU - Ayotte, Pierre

AU - Caron-Beaudoin, Élyse

AU - Drysdale, Mallory

AU - Garcia-Barrios, Joshua

AU - Gyllenhammar, Irina

AU - Laird, Brian

AU - Lemire, Melanie

AU - Lignell, Sanna

AU - Long, Manhai

AU - Norström, Karin

AU - Packull-McCormick, Sara

AU - Petersen, Maria Skaalum

AU - Ratelle, Mylene

AU - Rautio, Arja

AU - Timmerman, Amalie

AU - Weihe, Pal

AU - Wennberg, Maria

PY - 2024/12

Y1 - 2024/12

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

KW - Adult

KW - Arctic

KW - Arctic Regions

KW - Biomonitoring

KW - Child

KW - Contaminants

KW - Environmental Exposure/analysis

KW - Environmental Monitoring

KW - Environmental Pollutants/analysis

KW - Female

KW - Humans

KW - Lead

KW - Male

KW - Mercury

KW - Mercury/analysis

KW - Metals

KW - Metals/analysis

KW - Pregnancy

KW - contaminants

KW - biomonitoring

KW - mercury

KW - metals

KW - lead

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85198395513

U2 - 10.1080/22423982.2024.2386140

DO - 10.1080/22423982.2024.2386140

M3 - Review

C2 - 39169885

SN - 2242-3982

VL - 83

JO - International journal of circumpolar health

JF - International journal of circumpolar health

IS - 1

M1 - 2386140

ER -