Screening new PFAS compounds 2018

• Main Authors: Hanssen, Linda, Herzke, Dorte, Nikiforov, Vladimir, Moe, Børge, Nygård, Torgeir, van Dijk, Jiska Joanneke, Gabrielsen, Geir W., Fuglei, Eva, Yeung, Leo, Vogelsang, Christian, Carlsson, Pernilla Marianne
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: NILU 2019
• Subjects: Miljøkjemi / Environmental chemistry; PFAS / PFAS; Polare områder / Polar regions; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400; Arctic; Norway
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/18354

This screening project has focused on the occurrence of conventional andemerging PFASs in terrestrial and marine environments, including the Arctic. Conventional PFASs were found to be wide-spread in the environment and for the first time in Norway reported in wolf, a top predator from the terrestrial environment.Otters living in close proximity to human settlements and preying on the marine food chain,are heavily contaminated with PFASs. Areas where ski-testing activitiesare common are a potential “hotspot” where PFASs can enter the food chain. The difference in PFAS-profile between the samples indicatesthat the diversity in samples are necessary to reveal the complete picture of PFASs in the environment.