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ArticleEnvironmental monitoring and assessment2026

Public concerns over presumed metal and radionuclide pollution: testing a possible link to ovine hepatic melanosis in South Greenland.

Violeta Hansen, Ole Lerberg Nielsen, Anders Mosbech, Sandra Drewes Fabricius, Christian Sonne, Jens Søndergaard, Daniel Spelling Clausen, Kasper Lambert Johansen, Floris van Beest, Páll Skúli Leifsson and 1 more

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Article in Environmental monitoring and assessment, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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11 authors.

Violeta HansenInstitute of Clinical Sciences, Medical Radiation Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gula Stråket 2B, Göteborg, SU, 41345, Sweden. violeta.hansen@gu.se.
Ole Lerberg NielsenDepartment of Fisheries and Hunting, Government of Greenland, Veterinary and Food Authority in Greenland, P.O. Box 269, Imaneq 1 A 701, Nuuk, Greenland. olelerbergnielsen@gmail.com.
Anders MosbechDepartment of Ecoscience, Aarhus University, Frederiksborgvej 399, Roskilde, 4000, Denmark.
Sandra Drewes FabriciusDepartment of Ecoscience, Aarhus University, Frederiksborgvej 399, Roskilde, 4000, Denmark.
Christian SonneDepartment of Ecoscience, Aarhus University, Frederiksborgvej 399, Roskilde, 4000, Denmark.
Jens SøndergaardDepartment of Ecoscience, Aarhus University, Frederiksborgvej 399, Roskilde, 4000, Denmark.
Daniel Spelling ClausenDepartment of Ecoscience, Aarhus University, Frederiksborgvej 399, Roskilde, 4000, Denmark.
Kasper Lambert JohansenDepartment of Ecoscience, Aarhus University, Frederiksborgvej 399, Roskilde, 4000, Denmark.
Floris van BeestDepartment of Ecoscience, Aarhus University, Frederiksborgvej 399, Roskilde, 4000, Denmark.
Páll Skúli LeifssonDepartment of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Grønnegårdsvej 15, Frederiksberg C, 1870, Denmark.
Heidi Larsen EnemarkDepartment of Fisheries and Hunting, Government of Greenland, Veterinary and Food Authority in Greenland, P.O. Box 269, Imaneq 1 A 701, Nuuk, Greenland. hle@anivet.au.dk.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In South Greenland, public concerns have linked "black livers" in sheep to presumed environmental pollution from the Kvanefjeld mining exploration project. Elevated concentrations of metals and radionuclides in the area reflect natural geochemistry and weathering processes, not pollution from exploration activities. However, in response, we conducted a preliminary case-control study to diagnose the condition, investigate links between liver discoloration and environmental concentrations of metals and radionuclides, and to estimate the annual effective dose to the public from polonium-210 (

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Environmental PollutantsLiver DiseasesMetalsRadioisotopesSheep DiseasesAnimalsEnvironmental MonitoringGreenlandLiverSheepEnvironmental PollutantsMetalsRadioisotopesArcticBlack liversHeavy metalsHepatic lipofuscinosisNaturally occurring radionuclidesPrevalence

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PMCPMC12823691

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