PFAS and PBDEs in traditional subsistence foods from Sivuqaq, Alaska

• Published in: Environmental Science and Pollution Research
• Main Authors: Byrne, Sam, Seguinot-Medina, Samarys, Waghiyi, Vi, Apatiki, Erika, Immingan, Tiffany, Miller, Pamela, Von Hippel, Frank A., Buck, Charles Loren, Carpenter, David O.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Article; Arctic; Lawrence Island; Pacific; Balaena mysticetus; bearded seal; bowhead whale; Erignathus barbatus; Odobenus rosmarus; Pusa hispida; Rangifer tarandus; ringed seal; St Lawrence Island; Alaska; walrus*
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9588546/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35672645; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-20757-2

The Arctic is a hemispheric sink for both legacy and current use persistent organic pollutants (POPs). Once in the Arctic, POPs biomagnify in food webs, potentially reaching concentrations in high trophic level animals that pose a health concern for people who subsist on those animals. Indigenous Pe...