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ArticleJournal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology2019

A screening-level approach to quantifying risk from glacial release of organochlorine pollutants in the Alaskan Arctic.

K R Miner, K J Kreutz, S Jain, S Campbell, A Liljedahl

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Article in Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

K R MinerClimate Change Institute and School of Earth and Climate Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME, 04469, USA. kimberley.miner@maine.edu.
K J KreutzClimate Change Institute and School of Earth and Climate Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME, 04469, USA.
S JainDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, ME, 04469, USA.
S CampbellClimate Change Institute and School of Earth and Climate Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME, 04469, USA.
A LiljedahlWater and Environmental Research Center (WERC), University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, 99775, USA.
University of Maine · USEarth and Space Research · USUniversity of Alaska Fairbanks · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Widespread distribution of atmospherically mobilized organochlorine pollutants (OCPs) has been documented throughout the Arctic. A fraction of these OCPs have become entrained in glacial ice, and during melting, they can be released into downstream reservoirs. Though this remobilization is known, an assessment of risk from glacial meltwater to collocated human communities in the Arctic, including Alaska, had not been accomplished. Here, we use a screening-level risk assessment model for glacial watersheds, based on US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) methodology, which we apply to the glaciated Jarvis Creek watershed of interior Alaska. Model results indicate that even with low levels of OCPs in glacial meltwater, high fish consumption by subsistence communities in the area increases the risk of cancer and hazard impacts above acceptable limits. Though this model is specific to one watershed, our results imply that further investigation of an increasing OCP signal in glacial meltwater and fish throughout the North American Arctic is warranted.

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AlaskaAnimalsArctic RegionsEnvironmental MonitoringFishesHumansHydrocarbons, ChlorinatedIceRisk AssessmentWater Pollutants, ChemicalHydrocarbons, ChlorinatedIceWater Pollutants, Chemical

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PMID30518791
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