Human exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) via the consumption of fish leads to exceedance of safety thresholds
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) receive global attention due to their adverse effects on human health and the environment. Fish consumption is a major source of human PFAS exposure. The aim of this work was to address the lack of harmonization within legislations (in the EU and the USA) a...
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ftntnutrondheimi:oai:ntnuopen.ntnu.no:11250/3142987 2024-09-15T18:38:26+00:00 Human exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) via the consumption of fish leads to exceedance of safety thresholds Langberg, Håkon Austad Breedveld, Gijsbert Dirk Kallenborn, Roland Ali, Aasim Musa Mohamed McDonough, Carrie Higgins, Christopher Jenssen, Bjørn Monroe Jartun, Morten Allan, Ian Hamers, Timo Hale, Sarah 2024 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3142987 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2024.108844 eng eng Elsevier Norges forskningsråd: 268258 EC/H2020/101036756 urn:issn:0160-4120 https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3142987 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2024.108844 cristin:2278490 Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no 190 Environment International Journal article Peer reviewed 2024 ftntnutrondheimi https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2024.108844 2024-07-25T23:32:00Z Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) receive global attention due to their adverse effects on human health and the environment. Fish consumption is a major source of human PFAS exposure. The aim of this work was to address the lack of harmonization within legislations (in the EU and the USA) and highlight the level of PFAS in fish exposed to pollution from diffuse sources in the context of current safety thresholds. A non-exhaustive literature review was carried out to obtain PFAS concentrations in wild fish from the Norwegian mainland, Svalbard, the Netherlands, the USA, as well as sea regions (North Sea, English Channel, Atlantic Ocean), and farmed fish on the Dutch market. Median sum wet weight concentrations of PFOA, PFNA, PFHxS, and PFOS ranged between 0.1 µg kg−1 (farmed fish) and 22 µg kg−1 (Netherlands eel). Most concentrations fell below the EU environmental quality standard (EQSbiota) for PFOS (9.1 µg kg−1) and would not be defined as polluted in the EU. However, using recent tolerable intake or reference dose values in the EU and the USA revealed that even limited fish consumption would lead to exceedance of these thresholds – possibly posing a challenge for risk communication. publishedVersion Article in Journal/Newspaper Svalbard NTNU Open Archive (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) Environment International 190 108844 |
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) receive global attention due to their adverse effects on human health and the environment. Fish consumption is a major source of human PFAS exposure. The aim of this work was to address the lack of harmonization within legislations (in the EU and the USA) and highlight the level of PFAS in fish exposed to pollution from diffuse sources in the context of current safety thresholds. A non-exhaustive literature review was carried out to obtain PFAS concentrations in wild fish from the Norwegian mainland, Svalbard, the Netherlands, the USA, as well as sea regions (North Sea, English Channel, Atlantic Ocean), and farmed fish on the Dutch market. Median sum wet weight concentrations of PFOA, PFNA, PFHxS, and PFOS ranged between 0.1 µg kg−1 (farmed fish) and 22 µg kg−1 (Netherlands eel). Most concentrations fell below the EU environmental quality standard (EQSbiota) for PFOS (9.1 µg kg−1) and would not be defined as polluted in the EU. However, using recent tolerable intake or reference dose values in the EU and the USA revealed that even limited fish consumption would lead to exceedance of these thresholds – possibly posing a challenge for risk communication. publishedVersion |
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Langberg, Håkon Austad Breedveld, Gijsbert Dirk Kallenborn, Roland Ali, Aasim Musa Mohamed McDonough, Carrie Higgins, Christopher Jenssen, Bjørn Monroe Jartun, Morten Allan, Ian Hamers, Timo Hale, Sarah |
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Langberg, Håkon Austad Breedveld, Gijsbert Dirk Kallenborn, Roland Ali, Aasim Musa Mohamed McDonough, Carrie Higgins, Christopher Jenssen, Bjørn Monroe Jartun, Morten Allan, Ian Hamers, Timo Hale, Sarah Human exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) via the consumption of fish leads to exceedance of safety thresholds |
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Langberg, Håkon Austad Breedveld, Gijsbert Dirk Kallenborn, Roland Ali, Aasim Musa Mohamed McDonough, Carrie Higgins, Christopher Jenssen, Bjørn Monroe Jartun, Morten Allan, Ian Hamers, Timo Hale, Sarah |
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Human exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) via the consumption of fish leads to exceedance of safety thresholds |
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Human exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) via the consumption of fish leads to exceedance of safety thresholds |
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Human exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) via the consumption of fish leads to exceedance of safety thresholds |
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Human exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) via the consumption of fish leads to exceedance of safety thresholds |
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Human exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) via the consumption of fish leads to exceedance of safety thresholds |
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human exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (pfas) via the consumption of fish leads to exceedance of safety thresholds |
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