Levels and distribution profiles of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in a high Arctic Svalbard ice core

• Published in: Science of The Total Environment
• Main Authors: Hartz, William F., Björnsdotter, Maria K., Yeung, Leo W.Y., Hodson, Andrew, Thomas, Elizabeth R., Humby, Jack D., Day, Chris, Jogsten, Ingrid Ericson, Kärrman, Anna, Kallenborn, Roland
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2023
• Subjects: Arctic; Lomonosovfonna; Svalbard; Ice cap; ice core
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/533915/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/533915/1/1-s2.0-S004896972300445X-main.pdf; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004896972300445X

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of persistent organic contaminants of which some are toxic and bioaccumulative. Several PFAS can be formed from the atmospheric degradation of precursors such as fluorotelomer alcohols (FTOHs) as well as hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HFCs) and other...