Perfluoroalkyl substances in circum-ArcticRangifer: caribou and reindeer

• Published in: Environmental Science and Pollution Research
• Main Authors: Roos, Anna Maria, Gamberg, Mary, Muir, Derek, Kärrman, Anna, Carlsson, Pernilla, Cuyler, Christine, Lind, Ylva, Bossi, Rossana, Rigét, Frank
• Other Authors: Naturvårdsverket, Svalbard Environmental Fund, Danish Cooperation for Environment in the Arctic, CARMA, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Government of Northwest Territories
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2021
• Subjects: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis; Pollution; Environmental Chemistry; General Medicine; Canada; Greenland; Kangerlussuaq; Maniitsoq; Svalbard; Rangifer tarandus; Norrbotten
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-16729-7; https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11356-021-16729-7.pdf; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11356-021-16729-7/fulltext.html

Abstract Livers of caribou and reindeer ( Rangifer tarandus ) from Canada ( n = 146), Greenland ( n = 30), Svalbard ( n = 7), and Sweden ( n = 60) were analyzed for concentrations of eight perfluoroalkyl carboxylic acids and four perfluoroalkane sulfonic acids. In Canadian caribou, PFNA (range &...