A 50 year record for perfluoroalkyl acids in the high arctic: implications for global and local transport-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

A 50 year record for perfluoroalkyl acids in the high arctic: implications for global and local transport

Published:2024 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:2050-7887
Container-title:Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts
language:en
Short-container-title:Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts

Author:

Persaud Daniel¹,Criscitiello Alison S.²^ORCID,Spencer Christine³,Lehnherr Igor⁴^ORCID,Muir Derek C. G.³^ORCID,De Silva Amila O.³,Young Cora J.¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Chemistry, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada

2. Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

3. Aquatic Contaminants Research Division, Environmental and Climate Change Canada, Burlington, Ontario, Canada

4. Department of Geography, Geomatics and Environment, University of Toronto-Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Abstract

An ice core dated 1967–2016 represents the longest Arctic deposition record for perfluoroalkylcarboxylic acids (PFCAs) and the longest global record of perfluoroalkylsulfonic acids (PFSAs), providing unique insights into their long-range transport.

Funder

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

Northern Contaminants Program

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2024/EM/D4EM00219A

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