Science of The Total Environment 442
Overview of articles on POPs in a new issue of the Science of The Total Environment journal.
Pages 366-379
Govindan Malarvannan, Tomohiko Isobe, Adrian Covaci, Maricar Prudente, Shinsuke Tanabe
- PCBs were the predominant compounds in all breast milk samples.
- PBDE levels were significantly higher than those of PCBs and HBCDs in all scalp hair samples.
- BDE-209 was found to be the predominant congener in the scalp hair.
- This is the first report on HBCDs in human scalp hair worldwide.
- No significant correlations with PCBs, PBDEs and HBCDs were observed between milk and hair.
Pages 445-454
Kristine Molde, Tomasz M. Ciesielski, Aaron T. Fisk, Christian Lydersen, Kit M. Kovacs, Eugen G. Sørmo, Bjørn M. Jenssen
- POP levels in Greenland sharks are among the highest reported in Arctic animals.
- There were inverse relationships between plasma vitamin A and POP compounds.
- There were positive associations between plasma vitamin E and PCB congeners.
- The vitamin status and health of Svalbard Greenland sharks can be affected by POP.
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