PMID- 35835279
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20220816
LR  - 20220816
IS  - 1873-6424 (Electronic)
IS  - 0269-7491 (Linking)
VI  - 309
DP  - 2022 Sep 15
TI  - New and legacy persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in breeding seabirds from the 
      East Antarctic.
PG  - 119734
LID - S0269-7491(22)00948-4 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119734 [doi]
AB  - Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are pervasive and a significant threat to 
      the environment worldwide. Yet, reports of POP levels in Antarctic seabirds based 
      on blood are scarce, resulting in significant geographical gaps. Blood 
      concentrations offer a snapshot of contamination within live populations, and 
      have been used widely for Arctic and Northern Hemisphere seabird species but less 
      so in Antarctica. This paper presents levels of legacy POPs (polychlorinated 
      biphenyls (PCBs), organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polybrominated diphenyl 
      ethers (PBDEs)) and novel brominated flame retardants (NBFRs) in the blood of 
      five Antarctic seabird species breeding within Prydz Bay, East Antarctica. Legacy 
      PCBs and OCPs were detected in all species sampled, with Adelie penguins showing 
      comparatively high  summation operatorPCB levels (61.1 +/- 87.6 ng/g wet weight (ww)) compared to the 
      four species of flying seabirds except the snow petrel (22.5 +/- 15.5 ng/g ww), 
      highlighting that legacy POPs are still present within Antarctic wildlife despite 
      decades-long bans. Both PBDEs and NBFRs were detected in trace levels for all 
      species and hexabromobenzene (HBB) was quantified in cape petrels (0.3 +/- 0.2 ng/g 
      ww) and snow petrels (0.2 +/- 0.1 ng/g ww), comparable to concentrations found in 
      Arctic seabirds. These results fill a significant data gap within the Antarctic 
      region for POPs studies, representing a crucial step forward assessing the fate 
      and impact of legacy POPs contamination in the Antarctic environment.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Lewis, Phoebe J
AU  - Lewis PJ
AD  - School of Science, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001, 
      Australia. Electronic address: phoebe.lewis@rmit.edu.au.
FAU - Lashko, Anna
AU  - Lashko A
AD  - Australian Antarctic Division, 203 Channel Highway, Kingston, Tasmania, 7050, 
      Australia.
FAU - Chiaradia, Andre
AU  - Chiaradia A
AD  - Conservation Department, Phillip Island Nature Parks, Victoria, 3925, Australia.
FAU - Allinson, Graeme
AU  - Allinson G
AD  - School of Science, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001, 
      Australia.
FAU - Shimeta, Jeff
AU  - Shimeta J
AD  - School of Science, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001, 
      Australia.
FAU - Emmerson, Louise
AU  - Emmerson L
AD  - Australian Antarctic Division, 203 Channel Highway, Kingston, Tasmania, 7050, 
      Australia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20220711
PL  - England
TA  - Environ Pollut
JT  - Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)
JID - 8804476
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Flame Retardants)
RN  - 0 (Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers)
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated)
RN  - 0 (Pesticides)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Antarctic Regions
MH  - Environmental Monitoring/methods
MH  - *Environmental Pollutants/analysis
MH  - *Flame Retardants/analysis
MH  - Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers/analysis
MH  - *Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated/analysis
MH  - Persistent Organic Pollutants
MH  - *Pesticides/analysis
MH  - *Polychlorinated Biphenyls/analysis
MH  - *Spheniscidae
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Antarctic seabirds
OT  - Body condition
OT  - Novel brominated flame retardants (NBFRs)
OT  - Persistent organic pollutants (POPs)
OT  - Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs)
OT  - Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
EDAT- 2022/07/15 06:00
MHDA- 2022/08/17 06:00
CRDT- 2022/07/14 19:34
PHST- 2022/02/08 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/07/02 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2022/07/04 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/07/15 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/08/17 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2022/07/14 19:34 [entrez]
AID - S0269-7491(22)00948-4 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119734 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Pollut. 2022 Sep 15;309:119734. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119734. Epub 
      2022 Jul 11.