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 Marianne, Cuyler, Christine, Lind, Ylva, Bossi, Rossana, Rigét, Frank
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2021
• Subjects: Svalbard; Canada; Greenland; Kangerlussuaq; Maniitsoq; Rangifer tarandus; Norrbotten
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2837972; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-16729-7

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 < 0.01–7.4 ng/g w...