Time Trend of Persistent Organic Pollutants and Metals in Greenlandic Inuit during 1994-2015

• Published in: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
• Main Authors: Long, Manhai, Wielsøe, Maria, Bonefeld-Jørgensen, Eva Cecilie
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Greenland; arctic; biomonitoring; heavy metals; perfluoroalkylated substances; persistent organic pollutants; temporal time trend; Arctic; Ilulissat; Nuuk; Arctic Population; greenlandic; inuit
• Online Access: https://pure.au.dk/portal/da/publications/time-trend-of-persistent-organic-pollutants-and-metals-in-greenlandic-inuit-during-19942015(db2a3e5c-946a-4c9b-b746-ad4940cc4e3d).html; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052774

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs), including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), organchlorine pesticides and perfluoroalkylated substances (PFASs) and heavy metals bioaccumulate in the marine food chain in the Arctic regions, and thus, the Greenlandic population has a higher body burden due to rel...