The fate of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances in a marine food web influenced by land-based sources in the Norwegian Arctic

• Published in: Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts
• Main Authors: Ali, Aasim M., Langberg, Håkon A., Hale, Sarah E., Kallenborn, Roland, Hartz, William F., Mortensen, Åse-Karen, Ciesielski, Tomasz Maciej, McDonough, Carrie A., Jenssen, Bjørn Munro, Breedveld, Gijs D.
• Other Authors: Norges Forskningsråd
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) 2021
• Subjects: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Environmental Chemistry; General Medicine; Arctic; Longyearbyen; Svalbard
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0em00510j; http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2021/EM/D0EM00510J

Local point sources (mainly firefighting stations) and diffuse sources contributed to the exposure of PFAS to the marine food web near Longyearbyen on Svalbard. Certain PFOS substitutes showed a bioaccumulation potential in marine invertebrates.