Human health risk associated with brominated flame-retardants (BFRs)

JL Lyche, C Rosseland, G Berge, A Polder - Environment international, 2015 - Elsevier
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 …

Hexachlorobenzene in the global environment: emissions, levels, distribution, trends and processes

JL Barber, AJ Sweetman, D Van Wijk… - Science of the total …, 2005 - Elsevier
Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) is considered here as a 'model persistent organic pollutant.'Data
on its sources, emissions, environmental levels and distributions and trends are compiled …

[HTML][HTML] Distribution of perfluoroalkyl acids in fish species from the Baltic Sea and freshwaters in Finland

E Kumar, J Koponen, P Rantakokko, R Airaksinen… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Occurrence and distribution of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs), a sub-category of per-and
polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), is widespread in the environment. Food, especially fish …

A temporal trend study (1972–2008) of perfluorooctanesulfonate, perfluorohexanesulfonate, and perfluorooctanoate in pooled human milk samples from Stockholm …

M Sundström, DJ Ehresman, A Bignert… - Environment …, 2011 - Elsevier
The widespread presence of perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS), perfluorooctanoate (PFOA),
and perfluorohexanesulfonate (PFHxS) in human general populations and their slow …

A food chain model to predict the levels of lipophilic organic contaminants in humans

G Czub, MS McLachlan - Environmental Toxicology and …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
A fugacity‐based, nonsteady state, mechanistic model called ACC‐HUMAN was developed
to describe bioaccumulation of lipophilic organic pollutants from air, water, and soil to …

Improved reproductive success in otters (Lutra lutra), grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) and sea eagles (Haliaeetus albicilla) from Sweden in relation to concentrations …

AM Roos, BMVM Bäcklin, BO Helander, FF Rigét… - Environmental …, 2012 - Elsevier
We studied indices of reproductive outcome in three aquatic species in relation to
organochlorine concentrations during four decades. In female otters, the frequency of signs …

Temporal trends of Hg in Arctic biota, an update

F Rigét, B Braune, A Bignert, S Wilson, J Aars… - Science of the Total …, 2011 - Elsevier
A statistically robust method was applied to 83 time-series of mercury in Arctic biota from
marine, freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems with the purpose of generating a 'meta …

Biomonitoring with birds

PH Becker - Trace Metals and other Contaminants in the …, 2003 - Elsevier
Birds play an important role as bioindicators: birds are conspicuous, relatively easy to
observe, one of the best studied groups of organisms, and in the focus of public interest and …

Determinants of serum concentrations of organochlorine compounds in Swedish pregnant women: a cross-sectional study

A Glynn, M Aune, PO Darnerud, S Cnattingius… - Environmental …, 2007 - Springer
Background We performed a cross-sectional study of associations between personal
characteristics and lipid-adjusted serum concentrations of certain PCB congeners and …

Effects of some endocrine disruptors on the proliferation and viability of human endometrial endothelial cells in vitro

C Bredhult, BM Bäcklin, M Olovsson - Reproductive toxicology, 2007 - Elsevier
Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) pose a potential threat to human reproductive
health. We studied the proliferation and viability of human endometrial endothelial cells …