TY - JOUR
T1 - Levels and trends of persistent organic pollutants 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 - Averina, Maria
AU - Ayotte, Pierre
AU - Berner, James
AU - Byrne, Sam
AU - Caron-Beaudoin, Élyse
AU - Drysdale, Mallory
AU - Dumas, Pierre
AU - Garcia-Barrios, Joshua
AU - Gyllenhammar, Irina
AU - Laird, Brian
AU - Lemire, Melanie
AU - Aker, Amira
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 - Toft, Gunnar
AU - Weihe, Pal
AU - Nøst, Therese Haugdahl
AU - Wennberg, Maria
PY - 2024/12
Y1 - 2024/12
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Adult
KW - Arctic
KW - Arctic Regions
KW - Child
KW - Environmental Exposure/analysis
KW - Environmental Monitoring
KW - Environmental Pollutants/analysis
KW - Female
KW - Greenland
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - PFAS
KW - Persistent Organic Pollutants
KW - Pregnancy
KW - biomonitoring
KW - contaminants
KW - POPs
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85204417819&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/22423982.2024.2392405
DO - 10.1080/22423982.2024.2392405
M3 - Review
C2 - 39288300
SN - 2242-3982
VL - 83
JO - International journal of circumpolar health
JF - International journal of circumpolar health
IS - 1
M1 - 2392405
ER -