Concentrations of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Women’s Serum in the European Arctic Russia

• Published in: Toxics
• Main Authors: Yulia Varakina, Dmitry Lahmanov, Andrey Aksenov, Anna Trofimova, Rimma Korobitsyna, Natalia Belova, Nikita Sobolev, Dmitry Kotsur, Tatiana Sorokina, Andrej M. Grjibovski, Valery Chashchin, Yngvar Thomassen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2021
• Subjects: indigenous peoples; Russian Arctic; biomonitoring; persistent organic pollutants (POPs); PCB congeners; DDT; Chemical technology; TP1-1185; Arctic; Varnek; Vaygach; Human health; nenets; Nenets Autonomous Okrug; Vaygach Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics9010006; https://doaj.org/article/969292d1ee5b4203b1cdd5af239969e7

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are heterogeneous carbon-based compounds that can seriously affect human health. The aim of this study was to measure serum concentrations of POPs in women residing in the Euro-Arctic Region of Russia. A total of 204 women from seven rural settlements of the Nene...