PMID- 35672645
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20221021
LR  - 20240316
IS  - 1614-7499 (Electronic)
IS  - 0944-1344 (Print)
IS  - 0944-1344 (Linking)
VI  - 29
IP  - 51
DP  - 2022 Nov
TI  - PFAS and PBDEs in traditional subsistence foods from Sivuqaq, Alaska.
PG  - 77145-77156
LID - 10.1007/s11356-022-20757-2 [doi]
AB  - The Arctic is a hemispheric sink for both legacy and current use persistent 
      organic pollutants (POPs). Once in the Arctic, POPs biomagnify in food webs, 
      potentially reaching concentrations in high trophic level animals that pose a 
      health concern for people who subsist on those animals. Indigenous Peoples of the 
      Arctic may be highly exposed to POPs through their traditional diets. The 
      objective of this study was to assess concentrations of polybrominated diphenyl 
      ethers (PBDEs) and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in tissues of 
      traditionally harvested foods from Sivuqaq (St. Lawrence Island), Alaska. 
      Community health researchers identified volunteer households and local hunters to 
      donate tissues from traditionally harvested animals. Target species included 
      bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus), Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus), ringed 
      seal (Pusa hispida), bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus), ribbon seal 
      (Histriophoca fasciata), spotted seal (Phoca largha), and reindeer (Rangifer 
      tarandus). PBDEs were frequently detected in all species and tissues. PBDE 
      concentrations tended to be highest in lipid-rich tissues of seals. PFAS were 
      infrequently detected and did not show obvious patterns among species or tissues. 
      This and other studies demonstrate that POPs such as PBDEs are present in tissues 
      of traditional food animals from Sivuqaq, as they are throughout the Arctic, and 
      consumption of these animals likely contributes to exposure among Arctic 
      Indigenous Peoples.
CI  - (c) 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, 
      part of Springer Nature.
FAU - Byrne, Sam
AU  - Byrne S
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9281-5148
AD  - Department of Biology, Global Health Program, Middlebury College, Bicentennial 
      Hall, Bicentennial Way, VT, 05753, Middlebury, USA. sbyrne@middlebury.edu.
FAU - Seguinot-Medina, Samarys
AU  - Seguinot-Medina S
AD  - Alaska Community Action on Toxics, Anchorage, AK, USA.
FAU - Waghiyi, Vi
AU  - Waghiyi V
AD  - Alaska Community Action on Toxics, Anchorage, AK, USA.
FAU - Apatiki, Erika
AU  - Apatiki E
AD  - Native Village of Gambell, Gambell, AK, USA.
FAU - Immingan, Tiffany
AU  - Immingan T
AD  - Native Village of Savoonga, Savoonga, AK, USA.
FAU - Miller, Pamela
AU  - Miller P
AD  - Alaska Community Action on Toxics, Anchorage, AK, USA.
FAU - von Hippel, Frank A
AU  - von Hippel FA
AD  - Department of Community, Environment & Policy, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 
      USA.
FAU - Buck, Charles Loren
AU  - Buck CL
AD  - Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 
      USA.
FAU - Carpenter, David O
AU  - Carpenter DO
AD  - Institute for Health and the Environment, University at Albany, Albany, NY, USA.
LA  - eng
GR  - R01 ES019620/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States
GR  - R01 ES032392/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20220608
PL  - Germany
TA  - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
JT  - Environmental science and pollution research international
JID - 9441769
RN  - 0 (Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers)
RN  - 0 (Fluorocarbons)
RN  - 0 (Persistent Organic Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Lipids)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers/analysis
MH  - *Fluorocarbons
MH  - Alaska
MH  - Persistent Organic Pollutants
MH  - *Environmental Pollutants/analysis
MH  - *Caniformia
MH  - *Phoca
MH  - Walruses
MH  - Lipids
PMC - PMC9588546
MID - NIHMS1815159
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Arctic
OT  - Indigenous
OT  - Marine mammal
OT  - POPs
OT  - Persistent organic pollutants
OT  - St. Lawrence Island
COIS- Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests.
EDAT- 2022/06/08 06:00
MHDA- 2022/10/22 06:00
PMCR- 2023/11/01
CRDT- 2022/06/07 23:36
PHST- 2021/10/31 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/05/07 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/06/08 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/10/22 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2022/06/07 23:36 [entrez]
PHST- 2023/11/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1007/s11356-022-20757-2 [pii]
AID - 10.1007/s11356-022-20757-2 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2022 Nov;29(51):77145-77156. doi: 
      10.1007/s11356-022-20757-2. Epub 2022 Jun 8.