Publications

Measurement data July 2014 - June 2015. Environmental monitoring of emissions to air from Snøhvit-Hammerfest LNG. NILU rapport

Hak, C.

Measurement data July 2012 - June 2013. Environmental monitoring of emissions to air from Snøhvit-Hammerfest LNG. NILU OR

Hak, C.

Statoil assigned NILU ¿ Norwegian Institute for Air Research to carry out a programme on "Environmental monitoring of emissions to air from the Snøhvit LNG facility". The project started on 1 February 2006. This report summarises the results of the measurement programme from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013. It involves the measurement of meteorological parameters on Melkøya and Fuglenesodden. Air quality parameters were measured at Fuglenesodden. Precipitation samples taken at Forsøl and Kargeneset were analysed for PAHs, inorganic ions, heavy metals and mercury. The current air quality standards are met for all compounds.

MDG ut mot regjeringens sommel med å forby kreftfremkallende stoffer

Heimstad, Eldbjørg Sofie (interview subject); Wold, Gry Catinka (journalist)

Maximizing output from non-target screening

Andreasen, Birgitta; van Bavel, Bert; Fishcher, Stellan; Haglund, Peter; Rostkowski, Pawel; Reid, Malcolm James; Samanipour, Saer; Schlabach, Martin; Veenaas, Cathrin; Dam, Maria

The purpose of this project is to dig deeper into the data material already generated in the Suspect screening in Nordic countries: Point sources in city areas (TemaNord: 2017:561) to further optimize the benefits of the major work that has already been done. Samples (effluent, sediment, and biota) from all of the Nordic countries were carefully selected, sampled and analysed by a consortium of some of the Nordic region’s most experienced scientific groups in analyses of emerging environmental contaminants. But where perhaps the full potential of the generated data is still to be realized. This project will try to further identify and describe the substances already detected, to be able to better understand what substances we in modern Nordic societies release into the sea via our wastewater.

Nordic Council of Ministers

MATHEW as applied in the AirQUIS System. Model description. NILU TR

Slørdal, L.H.

Maternal transfer and occurrence of siloxanes, chlorinated paraffins, metals, PFAS and legacy POPs in herring gulls (Larus argentatus) of different urban influence

Knudtzon, Nina C; Thorstensen, Helene; Ruus, Anders; Helberg, Morten; Bæk, Kine; Enge, Ellen Katrin; Borgå, Katrine

Urban herring gulls (Larus argentatus) are exposed to contaminants from aquatic, terrestrial and anthropogenic sources. We aim to assess if differences in urbanisation affect ecological niche and contaminant concentrations in female herring gulls. Furthermore, we investigated maternal transfer from mothers to eggs for all the target compounds, including chlorinated paraffins (CPs) and cyclic volatile methyl siloxane (cVMSs), which to our knowledge have not been assessed in herring gulls previously. We compare concentrations of legacy and emerging contaminants and metals in blood and eggs between two herring gull colonies located 51 km apart, in the urban influenced Norwegian Oslofjord. While both colonies are within an urbanised area, the inner fjord is more so, as it is surrounded by Oslo, the capital and largest city in Norway Stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen indicated a more marine ecological niche in the outer than the inner fjord colony, although with overlap. Persistent organic pollutant (POP) concentrations were similar in the inner and outer fjord colonies, while the short-chained chlorinated paraffins (SCCP), which are recently added to the Stockholm convention and contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) varied, with higher concentrations of SCCP and the cVMS decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5) in females and eggs of the inner fjord colony. Per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS) concentrations were higher in the outer fjord colony, likely linked to releases from a point-source (airport and waste management facility with open access to food waste). In blood, chlorinated paraffins contributed most the total lipophilic contaminants (inner: 78%, outer: 56%), while polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were the most abundant lipophilic contaminants in eggs (inner: 62%, outer: 46%). Dechloranes and brominated flame retardants (BFRs) were detected in few samples. Maternal transfer, assessed by egg to blood ratios, of cVMSs were similar to the POPs with mean log ratio 0.39 (D5), while it was lower for SCCPs, with log ratios-0.77. Our results indicate comparable POP exposure of the herring gulls in the inner and outer Oslofjord, likely due to overlap in ecological niches between the colonies and wide distribution of POPs. The differences between the colonies in concentrations of PFAS, cVMS and CPs shows that point source exposures and urban influence may be more important than ecological niche for these compounds.

Elsevier

Maternal serum levels of perfluoroalkyl substances and organochlorines and indices of fetal growth: a Scandinavian case-cohort study

Lauritzen, H. B.; Larose, T. L.; Oien, T.; Sandanger, T. M.; Odland, J. O.; van de Bor, M.; Jacobsen, G. W.

Maternal serum concentrations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and their predictors in years with reduced production and use.

Berg, V.; Nøst, T.H.; Huber, S.; Rylander, C.; Hansen, S.; Veyhe, A.S.; Fuskevag, O.M.; Odland, J.Ø.; Sandanger, T.M.

Maternal levels of organochlorines in two communities in southern Vietnam.

Hansen, S.; Odland, J.Ø.; Phi, D.T.; Nieboer, E.; Sandanger, T.M.

Material flow analysis for selected priority substances in the European Union. NILU PP

Sundseth, K.; Pacyna, J.M.; Pacyna, E.G.

Match observations in the Arctic winter 1996/97: High stratospheric ozone loss rates correlate with low temperatures deep inside the polar vortex.

Schulz, A.; Rex, M.; Steger, J.; Harris, N.R.P.; Braathen, G.O.; Reimer, E.; Alfier, R.; Beck, A.; Alpers, M.; Cisneros, J.; Claude, H.; De Backer, H.; Dier, H.; Dorokhov, V.; Fast, H.; Godin, S.; Hansen, G.; Kanzawa, H.; Kois, B.; Kondo, Y.; Kosmidis, E.; Kyrö, E.; Litynska, Z.; Molyneux, M.J.; Murphy, G.; Nakane, H.; Parrondo, C.; Ravegnani, F.; Varotsos, C.; Vialle, C.; Viatte, P.; Yushkov, V.; Zerefos, C.,, von der Gathen, P.

MASTER. Preventive conservation strategies for protection of organic objects in museums, historic buildings and archives. Final report. NILU OR

Dahlin, E. (eds.)