Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) as sentinels for the elucidation of Arctic environmental change processes:a comprehensive review combined with ArcRisk project results
Abstract Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) can be used as chemical sentinels for the assessment of anthropogenic influences on Arctic environmental change. We present an overview of studies on PCBs in the Arctic and combine these with the findings from ArcRisk—a major European Union-funded project ai...
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ftunivoulu:oai:oulu.fi:nbnfi-fe2018100337246 2023-07-30T03:59:35+02:00 Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) as sentinels for the elucidation of Arctic environmental change processes:a comprehensive review combined with ArcRisk project results Carlsson, P. (Pernilla) Breivik, K. (Knut) Brorström-Lundén, E. (Eva) Cousins, I. (Ian) Christensen, J. (Jesper) Grimalt, J. O. (Joan O.) Halsall, C. (Crispin) Kallenborn, R. (Roland) Abass, K. (Khaled) Lammel, G. (Gerhard) Munthe, J. (John) MacLeod, M. (Matthew) Øyvind Odland, J. (Jon) Pawlak, J. (Janet) Rautio, A. (Arja) Reiersen, L.-O. (Lars-Otto) Schlabach, M. (Martin) Stemmler, I. (Irene) Wilson, S. (Simon) Wöhrnschimmel, H. (Henry) 2018 application/pdf http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2018100337246 eng eng Springer Nature info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/226534/EU/Arctic Health Risks: Impacts on health in the Arctic and Europe owing to climate-induced changes in contaminant cycling/ARCRISK info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess © The Author(s) 2018. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Arctic Climate change Distribution pathways Environmental fate Environmental properties PCB Polychlorinated biphenyls info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2018 ftunivoulu 2023-07-08T20:00:37Z Abstract Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) can be used as chemical sentinels for the assessment of anthropogenic influences on Arctic environmental change. We present an overview of studies on PCBs in the Arctic and combine these with the findings from ArcRisk—a major European Union-funded project aimed at examining the effects of climate change on the transport of contaminants to and their behaviour of in the Arctic—to provide a case study on the behaviour and impact of PCBs over time in the Arctic. PCBs in the Arctic have shown declining trends in the environment over the last few decades. Atmospheric long-range transport from secondary and primary sources is the major input of PCBs to the Arctic region. Modelling of the atmospheric PCB composition and behaviour showed some increases in environmental concentrations in a warmer Arctic, but the general decline in PCB levels is still the most prominent feature. ‘Within-Arctic’ processing of PCBs will be affected by climate change-related processes such as changing wet deposition. These in turn will influence biological exposure and uptake of PCBs. The pan-Arctic rivers draining large Arctic/sub-Arctic catchments provide a significant source of PCBs to the Arctic Ocean, although changes in hydrology/sediment transport combined with a changing marine environment remain areas of uncertainty with regard to PCB fate. Indirect effects of climate change on human exposure, such as a changing diet will influence and possibly reduce PCB exposure for indigenous peoples. Body burdens of PCBs have declined since the 1980s and are predicted to decline further. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Arctic Ocean Climate change Jultika - University of Oulu repository Arctic Arctic Ocean |
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Arctic Climate change Distribution pathways Environmental fate Environmental properties PCB Polychlorinated biphenyls Carlsson, P. (Pernilla) Breivik, K. (Knut) Brorström-Lundén, E. (Eva) Cousins, I. (Ian) Christensen, J. (Jesper) Grimalt, J. O. (Joan O.) Halsall, C. (Crispin) Kallenborn, R. (Roland) Abass, K. (Khaled) Lammel, G. (Gerhard) Munthe, J. (John) MacLeod, M. (Matthew) Øyvind Odland, J. (Jon) Pawlak, J. (Janet) Rautio, A. (Arja) Reiersen, L.-O. (Lars-Otto) Schlabach, M. (Martin) Stemmler, I. (Irene) Wilson, S. (Simon) Wöhrnschimmel, H. (Henry) Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) as sentinels for the elucidation of Arctic environmental change processes:a comprehensive review combined with ArcRisk project results |
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Abstract Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) can be used as chemical sentinels for the assessment of anthropogenic influences on Arctic environmental change. We present an overview of studies on PCBs in the Arctic and combine these with the findings from ArcRisk—a major European Union-funded project aimed at examining the effects of climate change on the transport of contaminants to and their behaviour of in the Arctic—to provide a case study on the behaviour and impact of PCBs over time in the Arctic. PCBs in the Arctic have shown declining trends in the environment over the last few decades. Atmospheric long-range transport from secondary and primary sources is the major input of PCBs to the Arctic region. Modelling of the atmospheric PCB composition and behaviour showed some increases in environmental concentrations in a warmer Arctic, but the general decline in PCB levels is still the most prominent feature. ‘Within-Arctic’ processing of PCBs will be affected by climate change-related processes such as changing wet deposition. These in turn will influence biological exposure and uptake of PCBs. The pan-Arctic rivers draining large Arctic/sub-Arctic catchments provide a significant source of PCBs to the Arctic Ocean, although changes in hydrology/sediment transport combined with a changing marine environment remain areas of uncertainty with regard to PCB fate. Indirect effects of climate change on human exposure, such as a changing diet will influence and possibly reduce PCB exposure for indigenous peoples. Body burdens of PCBs have declined since the 1980s and are predicted to decline further. |
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Carlsson, P. (Pernilla) Breivik, K. (Knut) Brorström-Lundén, E. (Eva) Cousins, I. (Ian) Christensen, J. (Jesper) Grimalt, J. O. (Joan O.) Halsall, C. (Crispin) Kallenborn, R. (Roland) Abass, K. (Khaled) Lammel, G. (Gerhard) Munthe, J. (John) MacLeod, M. (Matthew) Øyvind Odland, J. (Jon) Pawlak, J. (Janet) Rautio, A. (Arja) Reiersen, L.-O. (Lars-Otto) Schlabach, M. (Martin) Stemmler, I. (Irene) Wilson, S. (Simon) Wöhrnschimmel, H. (Henry) |
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Carlsson, P. (Pernilla) Breivik, K. (Knut) Brorström-Lundén, E. (Eva) Cousins, I. (Ian) Christensen, J. (Jesper) Grimalt, J. O. (Joan O.) Halsall, C. (Crispin) Kallenborn, R. (Roland) Abass, K. (Khaled) Lammel, G. (Gerhard) Munthe, J. (John) MacLeod, M. (Matthew) Øyvind Odland, J. (Jon) Pawlak, J. (Janet) Rautio, A. (Arja) Reiersen, L.-O. (Lars-Otto) Schlabach, M. (Martin) Stemmler, I. (Irene) Wilson, S. (Simon) Wöhrnschimmel, H. (Henry) |
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Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) as sentinels for the elucidation of Arctic environmental change processes:a comprehensive review combined with ArcRisk project results |
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Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) as sentinels for the elucidation of Arctic environmental change processes:a comprehensive review combined with ArcRisk project results |
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Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) as sentinels for the elucidation of Arctic environmental change processes:a comprehensive review combined with ArcRisk project results |
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Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) as sentinels for the elucidation of Arctic environmental change processes:a comprehensive review combined with ArcRisk project results |
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Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) as sentinels for the elucidation of Arctic environmental change processes:a comprehensive review combined with ArcRisk project results |
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polychlorinated biphenyls (pcbs) as sentinels for the elucidation of arctic environmental change processes:a comprehensive review combined with arcrisk project results |
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