Publications

Pelagic vs coastal - What are the key drivers of pollutants load in Barents Sea polar bears?

Blévin, Pierre; Aars, J.; Andersen, Magnus; Blanchet, Marie-Anne; Hanssen, Linda; Jeffreys, R.; Nordøy, Erling Sverre; Pinzone, M.; De la Vega, C.; Routti, Heli Anna Irmeli

People and air pollution - Need or nice to know?

Bartonova, A.

Per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) extracted from textile samples.

Berger, U.; Herzke, D.

Per- and polyfluorinated compounds in house dust and indoor air from northern Norway - A pilot study.

Huber, S.; Haug, L.S.; Schlabach, M.

Per- and polyfluorinated substances in the Nordic Countries. Use, occurence and toxicology. TemaNord, 2013:542

Posner, S.; Roos, S.; Poulsen, P.B.; Jörundsdottir, H.Ó, Gunnlaugsdóttir, H.; Trier, X.; Jensen, A.A.; Katsogiannis, A.A.; Herzke, D.; Bonefeld-Jörgensen, E.C.; Jönsson, C.; Pedersen, G.A.; Ghisari, M.; Jensen, S.

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in surface sediments of the North-east Atlantic Ocean: A non-natural PFAS background

Boitsov, Stepan; Bruvold, Are Sæle; Hanssen, Linda; Jensen, Henning; Ali, Aasim Musa Mohamed

The extreme persistence and environmental mobility of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) make their presence ubiquitous in the marine environment. Target analysis of 20 most common PFAS revealed the presence of nine perfluoroalkyl acids at low levels in surface sediments from five Norwegian marine areas covering the vast region from the eastern North Sea in the south to the Arctic Ocean north of Svalbard in the north. After correcting for sediment characteristics, no substantial difference in the sum of the nine PFAS (Σ9PFAS) between the five areas was found. Among separate compounds, PFOS, PFOA and PFNA dominate sample composition. Only two compounds, PFOS and PFUnDA, showed a statistically significant difference for one of the areas, the levels of these compounds being somewhat higher in the southernmost area than in the other areas. This may be due to local inputs in the fjords in this area. Open-sea and coastal sediments of the North-east Atlantic outside of locations with significant local sources seem to share a common, anthropogenic “PFAS background”, which may be part of a larger, global pattern.

Elsevier

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) – An underestimated environmental and analytical challenge

Kallenborn, Roland; Hartz, William Frederik; Björnsdotter, Maria; Ali, Aasim Musa Mohamed; Yeung, Leo WY.

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in plasma and feathers of nestling birds of prey from northern Norway.

Gómez-Ramírez, P.; Bustnes, J. O.; Eulaers, I.; Herzke, D.; Johnsen, T. V.; Lepoint, G.; Pérez-García, J. M.; García-Fernández, A. J.; Jaspers, V. L. B.

Per-and polyfluorinated substances in textiles and outdoor gear.

Hanssen, L.; Herzke, D.; Nikiforov, V.

Perfluoralkylerte forbindelser (PFAS) i det norske miljø. Powerpoint presentasjoner. NILU F

Berger, U.

Perfluoralkylerte forbindelser i miljøet: Analytiske utfordringer. NILU F

Berger, U.; Langlois, I.

Perfluorinated alkyl substances in plasma, liver, brain and eggs of Glaucous Gulls (Larus Hyperboreus) from the Norwegian Arctic.

Verreualt, J.; Houde, M.; Gabrielsen, G.W.; Berger, U.; Haukås, M.; Lechter, R.J.; Muir, D.C.G.