Current state of knowledge on biological effects from contaminants on arctic wildlife and fish ...
Since the last Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) effort to review biological effects of the ex-posure to organohalogen compounds (OHCs) in Arctic biota, there has been a considerable number of new Arcticeffect studies. Here, we provide an update on the state of the knowledge of OHC,...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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My University
2019
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.60810/openumwelt-1494 https://openumwelt.de/handle/123456789/2501 |
| Summary: | Since the last Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) effort to review biological effects of the ex-posure to organohalogen compounds (OHCs) in Arctic biota, there has been a considerable number of new Arcticeffect studies. Here, we provide an update on the state of the knowledge of OHC, and also include mercury, ex-posure and/or associated effects in key Arctic marine and terrestrial mammal and bird species as well as in fishby reviewing the literature published since the last AMAP assessment in 2010. We aimed at updating the knowl-edge of how single but also combined health effects are or can be associated to the exposure to single compoundsor mixtures of OHCs. We also focussed on assessing both potential individual as well as population health impactsusing population-specific exposure data post 2000. We have identified quantifiable effects on vitamin metabo-lism, immune functioning, thyroid and steroid hormone balances, oxidative stress, tissue pathology, and repro-duction. As with the previous ... |
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