{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Groffen T"],"funding":["Research Foundation - Flanders","University of Antwerp"],"pagination":["636"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11435652"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["12(9)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Due to the limited number of field studies investigating associations between environmentally relevant per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) mixtures and reproductive impairment, there is uncertainty as to whether birds are affected by PFAS pollution, whether species differ in sensitivity to PFAS, and whether the observed reproductive impairment is caused by PFAS or rather due to other potential confounding variables. Therefore, we investigated PFAS concentrations in eggs and blood plasma of great tit (<i>Parus major</i>) and blue tit (<i>Cyanistes caeruleus</i>) nestlings near a PFAS hotspot in Belgium, reproductive impairment, and associations between the accumulated levels and nestling body condition. In total, 29 eggs and 22 blood plasma samples of great tit clutches, and 10 egg a"],"journal":["Toxics"],"pubmed_title":["Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Accumulation, Reproductive Impairment, and Associations with Nestling Body Condition in Great (<i>Parus major</i>)- and Blue Tits (<i>Cyanistes caeruleus</i>) Living near a Hotspot in Belgium."],"pmcid":["PMC11435652"],"funding_grant_id":["12ZZQ21N","BIOTOX-TERRA","1205724N"],"pubmed_authors":["Eens M","Prinsen E","Bervoets L","Groffen T","Buytaert J"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Accumulation, Reproductive Impairment, and Associations with Nestling Body Condition in Great (<i>Parus major</i>)- and Blue Tits (<i>Cyanistes caeruleus</i>) Living near a Hotspot in Belgium.","description":"Due to the limited number of field studies investigating associations between environmentally relevant per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) mixtures and reproductive impairment, there is uncertainty as to whether birds are affected by PFAS pollution, whether species differ in sensitivity to PFAS, and whether the observed reproductive impairment is caused by PFAS or rather due to other potential confounding variables. Therefore, we investigated PFAS concentrations in eggs and blood plasma of great tit (<i>Parus major</i>) and blue tit (<i>Cyanistes caeruleus</i>) nestlings near a PFAS hotspot in Belgium, reproductive impairment, and associations between the accumulated levels and nestling body condition. In total, 29 eggs and 22 blood plasma samples of great tit clutches, and 10 egg a","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Aug","modification":"2025-04-04T02:05:05.499Z","creation":"2025-04-04T02:05:05.499Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11435652","cross_references":{"pubmed":["39330564"],"doi":["10.3390/toxics12090636"]}}