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Forty-Year Biomonitoring of Environmental Contaminants in Russian Arctic: Progress, Gaps and Perspectives

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  • Alexey A. Dudarev

    (Northwest Public Health Research Center, 191036 St. Petersburg, Russia)

  • Jon Oeyvind Odland

    (Department of Public Health and Nursing, NTNU, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7034 Trondheim, Norway
    Department of General Hygiene, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia, 119992 Moscow, Russia
    Institute of Ecology, National Research University Higher School of Economics, 101000 Moscow, Russia)

Abstract

This article presents a comprehensive survey of the studies on the biomonitoring of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and metals in biota and human tissues on the territory of the Russian Arctic. It is concluded that a relatively small number of studies were carried out during the last 40 years; for several Russian Arctic regions there is no data up to date, and for some regions the data are scarce, with most of the studies carried out in 1990s, followed by the large-scale GEF/AMAP/RAIPON project of 2001–2004 covering four regions. After that, single projects have been implemented in a few regions. Only the Nenets okrug and the Chukotka okrug (and hardly the Murmansk oblast) can be attributed as the regions where the biomonitoring of contaminants was carried out during last decades on several occasions, and for which the content of POPs and metals in biota and the human organism was assessed in 12–15-year dynamic trends (at least “at three points”). For the rest of the Russian Arctic territories, only fragmentary “cross-sections” of biomonitoring data is available, mainly obtained in the 1990s or early 2000s, which do not allow judging either the dynamics of the processes or the current state of affairs. The overwhelming majority of the studies in the Russian Arctic (more than 90%) were carried out within the framework of international projects, i.e., with cofinancing, assistance and contribution (including laboratory analyses) from the foreign colleagues and partners. The shortcomings of the Russian system of biomonitoring, including the weakness of the laboratory and research base, are considered. Perspectives of the Russian Arctic biomonitoring are discussed in detail, with the proposal of the elaboration of the national Russian Arctic Contaminants Program (RACP).

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  • Alexey A. Dudarev & Jon Oeyvind Odland, 2022. "Forty-Year Biomonitoring of Environmental Contaminants in Russian Arctic: Progress, Gaps and Perspectives," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(19), pages 1-35, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:19:p:11951-:d:921218
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    1. Alexey A. Dudarev & Sveta Yamin-Pasternak & Igor Pasternak & Valery S. Chupakhin, 2019. "Traditional Diet and Environmental Contaminants in Coastal Chukotka IV: Recommended Intake Criteria," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(5), pages 1-14, February.
    2. Alexey A. Dudarev & Valery S. Chupakhin & Sergey V. Vlasov & Sveta Yamin-Pasternak, 2019. "Traditional Diet and Environmental Contaminants in Coastal Chukotka II: Legacy POPs," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(5), pages 1-21, February.
    3. Alexey A. Dudarev & Sveta Yamin-Pasternak & Igor Pasternak & Valery S. Chupakhin, 2019. "Traditional Diet and Environmental Contaminants in Coastal Chukotka I: Study Design and Dietary Patterns," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(5), pages 1-15, February.
    4. Martine D. Hansen & Therese H. Nøst & Eldbjørg S. Heimstad & Anita Evenset & Alexey A. Dudarev & Arja Rautio & Päivi Myllynen & Eugenia V. Dushkina & Marta Jagodic & Guttorm N. Christensen & Erik E. A, 2017. "The Impact of a Nickel-Copper Smelter on Concentrations of Toxic Elements in Local Wild Food from the Norwegian, Finnish, and Russian Border Regions," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 14(7), pages 1-16, June.
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