PMID- 33190891
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20210119
LR  - 20210119
IS  - 1879-1026 (Electronic)
IS  - 0048-9697 (Linking)
VI  - 760
DP  - 2021 Mar 15
TI  - A review on contaminants of emerging concern in European raptors (2002-2020).
PG  - 143337
LID - S0048-9697(20)36868-6 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143337 [doi]
AB  - Raptors (birds of prey and owls) have been widely used as suitable bioindicators 
      of environmental pollution. They occupy the highest trophic positions in their 
      food chains and are documented to bioaccumulate high concentrations of persistent 
      pollutants such as toxic metals and legacy persistent organic pollutants 
      (POPs).Whereas raptors played a critical role in developing awareness of and 
      policy for chemical pollution, they have thus far played a much smaller role in 
      current research on contaminants of emerging concern (CECs). Given the critical 
      knowledge obtained from monitoring 'legacy contaminants' in raptors, more 
      information on the levels and effects of CECs on raptors is urgently needed. This 
      study critically reviews studies on raptors from Europe reporting the occurrence 
      of CECs with focus on the investigated species, the sampled matrices, and the 
      bioanalytical methods applied. Based on this, we aimed to identify future needs 
      for monitoring CECs in Europe. Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), novel flame 
      retardants (NFRs), and to a lesser extent UV-filters, neonicotinoids, chlorinated 
      paraffins, parabens and bisphenols have been reported in European raptors. 
      White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla), Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) 
      and Northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) were the most frequently studied raptor 
      species. Among matrices, eggs, feathers and plasma were the most widely employed, 
      although the potential role of the preen gland as an excretory organ for CECs has 
      recently been proposed. This review highlights the following research priorities 
      for pollution research on raptors in Europe: 1) studies covering all the main 
      classes of CECs; 2) research in other European regions (mainly East Europe); 3) 
      identification of the most suitable matrices and species for the analysis of 
      different CECs; and 4) the application of alternative sample treatment strategies 
      (e.g. QuEChERS or pressurized liquid extraction) is still limited and 
      conventional solvent-extraction is the preferred choice.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
FAU - Gonzalez-Rubio, Soledad
AU  - Gonzalez-Rubio S
AD  - Department of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemistry and 
      Nanochemistry, Marie Curie Annex Building, Campus of Rabanales, University of 
      Cordoba, 14071 Cordoba, Spain; Department of Chemistry, Norwegian University of 
      Science and Technology (NTNU), NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway; Department of Biology, 
      Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway. 
      Electronic address: q02gorus@uco.es.
FAU - Ballesteros-Gomez, Ana
AU  - Ballesteros-Gomez A
AD  - Department of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemistry and 
      Nanochemistry, Marie Curie Annex Building, Campus of Rabanales, University of 
      Cordoba, 14071 Cordoba, Spain.
FAU - Asimakopoulos, Alexandros G
AU  - Asimakopoulos AG
AD  - Department of Chemistry, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), 
      NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway.
FAU - Jaspers, Veerle L B
AU  - Jaspers VLB
AD  - Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), 
      NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway. Electronic address: veerle.jaspers@ntnu.no.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
DEP - 20201104
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Sci Total Environ
JT  - The Science of the total environment
JID - 0330500
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Flame Retardants)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - *Environmental Pollutants/analysis
MH  - Europe
MH  - *Flame Retardants/analysis
MH  - *Raptors
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Birds of prey
OT  - Bisphenols
OT  - Emerging organic contaminants
OT  - Neonicotinoids
OT  - Novel flame retardants
OT  - Perfluoroalkyl substances
COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known 
      competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared 
      to influence the work reported in this paper.
EDAT- 2020/11/17 06:00
MHDA- 2021/01/20 06:00
CRDT- 2020/11/16 05:30
PHST- 2020/07/29 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/10/13 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2020/10/16 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/11/17 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/01/20 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2020/11/16 05:30 [entrez]
AID - S0048-9697(20)36868-6 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143337 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Sci Total Environ. 2021 Mar 15;760:143337. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143337. 
      Epub 2020 Nov 4.