Levels and trends of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances in the Arctic environment – An update

• Published in: Emerging Contaminants
• Main Authors: Derek Muir, Rossana Bossi, Pernilla Carlsson, Marlene Evans, Amila De Silva, Crispin Halsall, Cassandra Rauert, Dorte Herzke, Hayley Hung, Robert Letcher, Frank Rigét, Anna Roos
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2019
• Subjects: Environmental pollution; TD172-193.5; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Svalbard; Greenland; Devon Ice Cap; East Greenland; glacier; Ice cap; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emcon.2019.06.002; https://doaj.org/article/06cfdf35525d4b03b0b264f439674b73

Poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are important environmental contaminants globally and in the early 2000s they were shown to be ubiquitous contaminants in Arctic wildlife. Previous reviews by Butt et al. and Letcher et al. have covered studies on levels and trends of PFASs in the Arctic t...