Search Results - "Polder, Anuschka"
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Chlorinated, brominated and fluorinated organic pollutants in African Penguin eggs: 30 years since the previous assessment
Published in Chemosphere (Oxford) (01-05-2015)“…[Display omitted] •The African Penguin population has crashed, and POPs data are 30years old.•ΣPCB concentrations in eggs decreased about four-fold, ΣDDT…”
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The red listed eagle owl (Bubo bubo) population in Norway is exposed to POP levels exceeding threshold values for adverse health effects
Published in Environment international (01-04-2024)“…•High levels of POPs were detected in an endangered eagle owl population.•PCBs exceeded threshold values for moderate to severe health risk in 90% of…”
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Prenatal and Postnatal Exposure to Persistent Organic Pollutants and Infant Growth: A Pooled Analysis of Seven European Birth Cohorts
Published in Environmental health perspectives (01-07-2015)“…Infant exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) may contribute to obesity. However, many studies so far have been small, focused on transplacental…”
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Chlorinated, brominated, and fluorinated organic pollutants in Nile crocodile eggs from the Kruger National Park, South Africa
Published in Ecotoxicology and environmental safety (01-06-2014)“…Repeated annual episodes of Nile crocodile deaths in two isolated areas of the Kruger National Park prompted the investigation of possible organohalogen…”
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Multiple-stressor effects in an apex predator: combined influence of pollutants and sea ice decline on lipid metabolism in polar bears
Published in Scientific reports (28-11-2017)“…There is growing evidence from experimental and human epidemiological studies that many pollutants can disrupt lipid metabolism. In Arctic wildlife, the…”
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Halogenated pollutants in terrestrial and aquatic bird eggs: Converging patterns of pollutant profiles, and impacts and risks from high levels
Published in Environmental research (01-10-2013)“…We investigated the presence, levels, relationships, and risks of HCHs, DDTs, chlordanes, mirex, PCBs, and brominated flame retardants (BFRs) in terrestrial…”
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Levels and temporal trends of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus) from Svalbard in relation to dietary habits and food availability
Published in The Science of the total environment (01-04-2015)“…Temporal trends of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus) from Svalbard, Norway, were investigated in relation to feeding habits…”
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Increasing levels of long-chain perfluorocarboxylic acids (PFCAs) in Arctic and North Atlantic marine mammals, 1984–2009
Published in Chemosphere (Oxford) (2012)“…► In general levels of long-chained PFCAs increased between 1984 and 2009. ► In general levels of PFOS were steady or decreasing. ► A change in PFOS exposure…”
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Bioaccumulation of Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Antarctic Breeding South Polar Skuas (Catharacta maccormicki) and Their Prey
Published in Frontiers in Marine Science (31-03-2022)“…Per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are found in Antarctic wildlife, with high levels in the avian top predator south polar skua ( Catharacta…”
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Organochlorine contaminants in cormorant, darter, egret, and ibis eggs from South Africa
Published in Chemosphere (Oxford) (01-03-2008)“…During the last 15 years, no research has been published on the levels of pesticides in bird eggs from South Africa, despite the high levels found previously…”
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Human health risk associated with brominated flame-retardants (BFRs)
Published in Environment international (01-01-2015)“…The purposes of this review are to assess the human exposure and human and experimental evidence for adverse effects of brominated flame-retardants (BFRs) with…”
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Heavy metals in farmed and wild milkfish (Chanos chanos) and wild mullet (Mugil cephalus) along the coasts of Tanzania and associated health risk for humans and fish
Published in Chemosphere (Oxford) (01-06-2019)“…In 2016, farmed milkfish (Chanos chanos) from Tanzania mainland (Mtwara), and Zanzibar islands (Pemba and Unguja) and wild milkfish and mullet (Mugil cephalus)…”
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Current state of knowledge on biological effects from contaminants on arctic wildlife and fish
Published in The Science of the total environment (15-12-2019)“…Since the last Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) effort to review biological effects of the exposure to organohalogen compounds (OHCs) in…”
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Increased blood levels of persistent organic pollutants (POP) in obese individuals after weight loss-A review
Published in Journal of toxicology and environmental health. Part B, Critical reviews (01-01-2017)“…Lipophilic persistent organic pollutants (POP) are stored in adipose tissue. Following rapid weight loss such as when induced by bariatric surgery, an…”
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Occurrence and levels of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in farmed and wild marine fish from Tanzania. A pilot study
Published in Chemosphere (Oxford) (01-01-2018)“…In 2016, farmed and wild milkfish (Chanos chanos) and mullet (Mugil cephalus) from Tanzania mainland (Mtwara) and Zanzibar islands (Pemba and Unguja) were…”
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Dioxins, PCBs and some chlorinated pesticides in human milk from the Kola Peninsula, Russia
Published in Chemosphere (Oxford) (01-10-1998)“…In 1993, 30 individual human milk samples were collected in Murmansk and Monchegorsk, and analysed for 23 polychlorinated biphenyl congeners, PCBs (IUPAC nos.)…”
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Assessment of heavy metals in wild and farmed tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) on Lake Kariba, Zambia: implications for human and fish health
Published in Food additives & contaminants. Part A, Chemistry, analysis, control, exposure & risk assessment (02-01-2022)“…The aim of this study was to assess the levels of heavy metals in both wild and farmed tilapia on Lake Kariba in Zambia and to evaluate the impact of intensive…”
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Persistent organic pollutants in sea bird eggs from the Indian Ocean's Mascarene Basin
Published in The Science of the total environment (01-06-2021)“…We report the concentrations of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in seabird eggs from St. Brandon's Atoll, a tropical island system in the western Indian…”
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Sea ice-associated decline in body condition leads to increased concentrations of lipophilic pollutants in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from Svalbard, Norway
Published in The Science of the total environment (15-01-2017)“…Global climate changes are magnified in the Arctic and are having an especially dramatic effect on the spatial and temporal distribution and the thickness…”
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Emission Changes Dwarf the Influence of Feeding Habits on Temporal Trends of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Two Arctic Top Predators
Published in Environmental science & technology (17-10-2017)“…We monitored concentrations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in relation to climate-associated changes in feeding habits and food availability in…”
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