One Health assessment of persistent organic chemicals and PFAS for consumption of restored anadromous fish.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Restoration efforts have led to the return of anadromous fish, potential source of food for the Penobscot Indian Nation, to the previously dammed Penobscot River, Maine.

Objective

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Penobscot Indian Nation's Department of Natural Resources (PINDNR), and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), measured contaminants in six species of anadromous fish. Fish tissue concentrations were then used, along with exposure parameters, to evaluate potential human and aquatic-dependent wildlife risk.

Methods

PINDNR collected, filleted, froze, and shipped fish for analysis of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), dioxins/furans, and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Co

SUBMITTER: Melnyk LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11541783 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature