PMID- 34340081
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20210930
LR  - 20210930
IS  - 1879-1026 (Electronic)
IS  - 0048-9697 (Linking)
VI  - 798
DP  - 2021 Dec 1
TI  - Concentrations and geographical patterns of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) 
      in meat from semi-domesticated reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus L.) in 
      Norway.
PG  - 149278
LID - S0048-9697(21)04351-5 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149278 [doi]
AB  - The study aimed at investigating the concentrations and geographical patterns of 
      11 polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and 15 organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in 
      reindeer muscle samples (n = 100) collected from 10 grazing districts in Norway, 
      2009. Concentrations were examined for patterns related to geographical region as 
      well as age and sex of animals. Concentrations measured for PCBs and OCPs in 
      reindeer meat samples were generally low. Geographical patterns were revealed and 
      districts with previous mining activities, military trenches, or those that were 
      in the vicinity of the Russian border exhibited slightly elevated concentrations 
      compared to other districts. Calves (10 months) exhibited higher concentrations 
      than young (1.5 year) and old animals (>2 years) adjusted for sex, whereas males 
      exhibited higher concentrations than females, adjusted for age. All PCB congeners 
      inter-correlated strongly with each other, whereas oxy-chlordane and heptachlor 
      epoxide were the strongest inter-correlated OCP compounds. Concentrations of PCBs 
      and OCPs in reindeer meat were all considerably lower than the maximum levels set 
      for those contaminants in foodstuffs for safe human consumption by the European 
      Commission. Thus, reindeer meat is not likely to be a substantial contributor to 
      the human body burden of persistent organic pollutants.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
FAU - Hassan, Ammar Ali
AU  - Hassan AA
AD  - Centre for Sami Health Research, Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of 
      Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, N-9037 Tromso, Norway. 
      Electronic address: ammar.ali.hassan@uit.no.
FAU - Nost, Therese Haugdahl
AU  - Nost TH
AD  - Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic 
      University of Norway, N-9037 Tromso, Norway.
FAU - Brustad, Magritt
AU  - Brustad M
AD  - Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic 
      University of Norway, N-9037 Tromso, Norway.
FAU - Sandanger, Torkjel M
AU  - Sandanger TM
AD  - Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic 
      University of Norway, N-9037 Tromso, Norway; NILU - Norwegian Institute for Air 
      Research, Fram Centre, N-9296 Tromso, Norway.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20210729
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Sci Total Environ
JT  - The Science of the total environment
JID - 0330500
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated)
RN  - 0 (Pesticides)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Female
MH  - *Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated/analysis
MH  - Male
MH  - Meat/analysis
MH  - Norway
MH  - Persistent Organic Pollutants
MH  - *Pesticides/analysis
MH  - *Polychlorinated Biphenyls/analysis
MH  - *Reindeer
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Arctic food
OT  - Norway
OT  - OCPs
OT  - PCBs
OT  - POPs
OT  - Reindeer
OT  - Sami
COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors Ammar Ali Hassan, Therese Haugdahl 
      Nost, Magritt Brustad and Torkjel M. Sandanger declare no conflict of interest 
      regarding the submitted research article.
EDAT- 2021/08/03 06:00
MHDA- 2021/10/01 06:00
CRDT- 2021/08/02 20:26
PHST- 2020/12/23 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2021/07/12 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2021/07/22 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2021/08/03 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/10/01 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2021/08/02 20:26 [entrez]
AID - S0048-9697(21)04351-5 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149278 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Sci Total Environ. 2021 Dec 1;798:149278. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149278. 
      Epub 2021 Jul 29.