TY - JOUR
T1 - Levels and trends of metals in human populations living in the Arctic
AU - Adlard, Bryan
AU - Bonefeld-Jørgensen, Eva C.
AU - Dudarev, Alexey A.
AU - Olafsdottir, Kristin
AU - Abass, Khaled
AU - Ayotte, Pierre
AU - Caron-Beaudoin, Élyse
AU - Drysdale, Mallory
AU - Garcia-Barrios, Joshua
AU - Gyllenhammar, Irina
AU - Laird, Brian
AU - Lemire, Melanie
AU - Lignell, Sanna
AU - Long, Manhai
AU - Norström, Karin
AU - Packull-McCormick, Sara
AU - Petersen, Maria Skaalum
AU - Ratelle, Mylene
AU - Rautio, Arja
AU - Timmerman, Amalie
AU - Weihe, Pal
AU - Wennberg, Maria
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - The 2021 Arctic Monitoring Assessment Program (AMAP)’s Human Health Assessment report presents a summary of the presence of contaminants in human populations across the circumpolar Arctic and provides an update to the previous assessment released in 2015. The primary objective of this paper is to summarise some of these findings by describing the current levels of metals across the Arctic, including key regional and temporal trends based on available national data and literature, and highlight knowledge gaps. Many Arctic populations continue to have elevated levels of these contaminants, and the highest levels of mercury (Hg) were observed in populations from Greenland, Faroe Islands, and Nunavik (Canada). Still, concentrations of several metals are declining in Arctic populations in regions where time trends data exist, although the declines are not consistent across all regions. The 2021 AMAP human health assessment report and this paper provide an extensive summary of levels of metals and trace elements in adults, pregnant women, and children across the Arctic.
AB - The 2021 Arctic Monitoring Assessment Program (AMAP)’s Human Health Assessment report presents a summary of the presence of contaminants in human populations across the circumpolar Arctic and provides an update to the previous assessment released in 2015. The primary objective of this paper is to summarise some of these findings by describing the current levels of metals across the Arctic, including key regional and temporal trends based on available national data and literature, and highlight knowledge gaps. Many Arctic populations continue to have elevated levels of these contaminants, and the highest levels of mercury (Hg) were observed in populations from Greenland, Faroe Islands, and Nunavik (Canada). Still, concentrations of several metals are declining in Arctic populations in regions where time trends data exist, although the declines are not consistent across all regions. The 2021 AMAP human health assessment report and this paper provide an extensive summary of levels of metals and trace elements in adults, pregnant women, and children across the Arctic.
KW - Arctic
KW - biomonitoring
KW - contaminants
KW - lead
KW - mercury
KW - metals
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85198395513&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/22423982.2024.2386140
DO - 10.1080/22423982.2024.2386140
M3 - Review article
C2 - 39169885
AN - SCOPUS:85198395513
SN - 1239-9736
VL - 83
JO - International Journal of Circumpolar Health
JF - International Journal of Circumpolar Health
IS - 1
M1 - 2386140
ER -