Temporal trends of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Adèlie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) eggs from the Ross Sea (Antarctica), including their relationship with climate parameters

IF 7.6 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Environmental Pollution Pub Date : 2025-03-27 DOI:10.1016/j.envpol.2025.126130

Nicolas Pala , Katrin Vorkamp , Rossana Bossi , Anders Bignert , Giacomo Traversa , Davide Fugazza , Stefania Ancora , Nicoletta Ademollo , Davide Baroni , Simonetta Corsolini

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Temporal trends of contaminants represent an important tool to evaluate the effectiveness of chemical restriction measures. In this work, 50 eggs of Adèlie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) collected along the Ross Sea coasts from 1997 to 2021 were analysed for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), hexachlorobenzene (HCB), p,p’-dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (p,p’-DDE), perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Some PCB congeners showed a significantly decreasing trend, whereas HCB and p,p’-DDE indicated decreasing but not significant trends, potentially related to the unintentional production of HCB and ongoing use of DDT, even if a contribution from climate-driven remobilisation mechanisms may also play a role. PBDE-47 also indicated a decreasing but not significant trend, which might be explained by the more recent global restriction. PFAS trends agreed with what has been previously observed in the Arctic, i.e. significantly decreasing perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) according to its global ban and increasing long-chain perfluorinated carboxylic acids (PFCAs). Correlations with selected climate parameters showed an association between PBDE-47 and sampling year precipitations. To our knowledge, this work represents the longest time trend study of pollutants in penguins from the Ross Sea and the first one reporting PFAS. It highlights the importance of global regulations for the contaminant developments in polar ecosystems.

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Environmental Pollution 环境科学-环境科学

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16.00

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6.70%

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2082

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2.9 months

期刊介绍： Environmental Pollution is an international peer-reviewed journal that publishes high-quality research papers and review articles covering all aspects of environmental pollution and its impacts on ecosystems and human health. Subject areas include, but are not limited to: • Sources and occurrences of pollutants that are clearly defined and measured in environmental compartments, food and food-related items, and human bodies; • Interlinks between contaminant exposure and biological, ecological, and human health effects, including those of climate change; • Contaminants of emerging concerns (including but not limited to antibiotic resistant microorganisms or genes, microplastics/nanoplastics, electronic wastes, light, and noise) and/or their biological, ecological, or human health effects; • Laboratory and field studies on the remediation/mitigation of environmental pollution via new techniques and with clear links to biological, ecological, or human health effects; • Modeling of pollution processes, patterns, or trends that is of clear environmental and/or human health interest; • New techniques that measure and examine environmental occurrences, transport, behavior, and effects of pollutants within the environment or the laboratory, provided that they can be clearly used to address problems within regional or global environmental compartments.