scholarly journals Assessing body burden of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in infants/toddlers through analysis of faeces

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Celery Chen
Keyword(s):  
Organic Pollutants ◽  
Persistent Organic Pollutants ◽  
Body Burden

Body burden of persistent organic pollutants on hypertension: a meta-analysis

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (14) ◽  
pp. 14284-14293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Su Hyun Park ◽  
Jung-eun Lim ◽  
Hyesook Park ◽  
Sun Ha Jee
Keyword(s):  
Organic Pollutants ◽  
Persistent Organic Pollutants ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Body Burden

scholarly journals Time Trend of Persistent Organic Pollutants and Metals in Greenlandic Inuit during 1994–2015

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 2774
Author(s):  
Manhai Long ◽  
Maria Wielsøe ◽  
Eva Cecilie Bonefeld-Jørgensen
Keyword(s):  
Organic Pollutants ◽  
Persistent Organic Pollutants ◽  
Marine Mammals ◽  
Body Burden ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Marine Food Chain ◽  
Arctic Regions ◽  
Perfluorodecanoic Acid ◽  
Increasing Trend ◽  
Marine Food

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 relatively high intake of marine mammals. We assessed the temporal trend for POPs, including PCB 153; 1,1-dichloro−2,2-bis (p-chlorophenyl)-ethylene (p,p’-DDE); oxychlordane; six PFASs; mercury; lead and selenium in Inuit from Ilulissat, Nuuk, and across Greenland (including thirteen towns/districts), from 1994 to 2015. Data showed a significant annual decrease of 6.85–8.61% for PCB153, 6.67–8.61% for p,p’-DDE, 6.11–9.52% for oxychlordane, 5.92–6.76% for mercury and 6.48–9.43% for lead in Inuit women from Nuuk, Ilulissat, and across thirteen Greenlandic districts. The blood selenium level of all Greenlandic women increased 1.01% annually, while the trend direction was negative for Nuuk women. A similar pattern was seen for men across Greenland, with a yearly decrease of 11.3% for PCB 153, 8.61% for p,p’-DDE, 15.6% for oxychlordane, 13.1% for mercury and 12.2% for lead. Perfluorooctane sulfonate, perfluorohexane sulfonate and perfluorooctanoic acid significantly decreased 5.82–11.7% annually for both women and men across Greenland. For perfluorononanoic acid, perfluorodecanoic acid and perfluoroundecanoic acid, we observed an increasing trend for women across Greenland. In conclusion, there was a decreasing trend of the regulated POPs and metals but a potential increasing trend of the nonregulated PFASs in the Greenlandic population between 1994 and 2015. The continuing biomonitoring of contaminants of concern is important to protect the Arctic population heath.

scholarly journals Microplastic-mediated transport of PCBs? A depuration study with Daphnia magna

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zandra Gerdes ◽  
Martin Ogonowski ◽  
Inna Nybom ◽  
Caroline Ek ◽  
Margaretha Adolfsson-Erici ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Elemental Composition ◽  
Daphnia Magna ◽  
Organic Pollutants ◽  
Persistent Organic Pollutants ◽  
Biological Significance ◽  
Body Burden ◽  
Aquatic Organisms ◽  
C And N ◽  
And Control

AbstractThe role of microplastic (MP) as a carrier of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) to aquatic organisms has been a topic of debate. However, theoretically, the reverse POP transport can occur at higher relative contaminant concentrations in the organism than in the microplastic. The effect of microplastic on the PCB removal in planktonic animals was evaluated using the cladoceran Daphnia magna with a high body burden of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB 18, 40, 128 and 209) exposed to a mixture of microplastic and algae (with 77% MP by mass); daphnids exposed to only algae served as the control. As the endpoints, we used PCB body burden, growth, fecundity and elemental composition (%C and %N) of the daphnids. We found that PCB 209 was removed more efficiently in the daphnids fed with microplastic, while there was no difference for the ΣPCBs between the microplastic-exposed and control animals. Effects of the microplastic exposure on fecundity were of low biological significance, even though both the starting PCB body burden and the microplastic exposure concentrations were high and greatly exceeding environmentally relevant concentrations.

DNA methylation profiles associated with persistent organic pollutants body burden in Greenlandic Inuit

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Rusiecki* ◽  
Lee Moore ◽  
Tiffany Oliver ◽  
Li Wang ◽  
Ligong Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dna Methylation ◽  
Organic Pollutants ◽  
Persistent Organic Pollutants ◽  
Body Burden
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