Evidence for local sources and trophic biomagnification of bisphenols in the Arctic.

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Hauptverfasser: Min, Xi-Ze, Chen, Fei, Zhang, Zhi-Zhong, Wang, Lu, Ali, Aasim M, Langberg, Håkon A, Hale, Sarah E, Breedveld, Gijsbert D, Jenssen, Bjørn Munro, Mortensen, Åse-Karen, Ciesielski, Tomasz, Gabrielsen, Geir Wing, Ren, Nan-Qi, Li, Yi-Fan, Zhang, Zi-Feng, Kallenborn, Roland
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Veröffentlicht: Environmental science and ecotechnology 2025
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author Min, Xi-Ze
Chen, Fei
Zhang, Zhi-Zhong
Wang, Lu
Ali, Aasim M
Langberg, Håkon A
Hale, Sarah E
Breedveld, Gijsbert D
Jenssen, Bjørn Munro
Mortensen, Åse-Karen
Ciesielski, Tomasz
Gabrielsen, Geir Wing
Ren, Nan-Qi
Li, Yi-Fan
Zhang, Zi-Feng
Kallenborn, Roland
author_facet Min, Xi-Ze
Chen, Fei
Zhang, Zhi-Zhong
Wang, Lu
Ali, Aasim M
Langberg, Håkon A
Hale, Sarah E
Breedveld, Gijsbert D
Jenssen, Bjørn Munro
Mortensen, Åse-Karen
Ciesielski, Tomasz
Gabrielsen, Geir Wing
Ren, Nan-Qi
Li, Yi-Fan
Zhang, Zi-Feng
Kallenborn, Roland
Min, Xi-Ze
Chen, Fei
Zhang, Zhi-Zhong
Wang, Lu
Ali, Aasim M
Langberg, Håkon A
Hale, Sarah E
Breedveld, Gijsbert D
Jenssen, Bjørn Munro
Mortensen, Åse-Karen
Ciesielski, Tomasz
Gabrielsen, Geir Wing
Ren, Nan-Qi
Li, Yi-Fan
Zhang, Zi-Feng
Kallenborn, Roland
collection PubMed - marine biology
contents Evidence for local sources and trophic biomagnification of bisphenols in the Arctic. Min, Xi-Ze Chen, Fei Zhang, Zhi-Zhong Wang, Lu Ali, Aasim M Langberg, Håkon A Hale, Sarah E Breedveld, Gijsbert D Jenssen, Bjørn Munro Mortensen, Åse-Karen Ciesielski, Tomasz Gabrielsen, Geir Wing Ren, Nan-Qi Li, Yi-Fan Zhang, Zi-Feng Kallenborn, Roland The Arctic, though remote, is exceptionally vulnerable to chemical contaminants that threaten its fragile ecosystems. Bisphenols (BPs), a class of endocrine-disrupting chemicals used in plastics and resins, are now detected across the Arctic, but the risks posed by their many analogues are poorly understood. Most studies have focused on documenting their presence, leaving a critical gap in our understanding of whether these compounds bioaccumulate in Arctic food webs and to what extent local, within-Arctic pollution contributes to the overall burden. Here we show, through a comprehensive analysis of 32 BPs in 134 samples from a Norwegian Arctic food web, that multiple BP analogues not only bioaccumulate but also biomagnify from plankton up to polar bears. We found that 5,5'-(1-methylethylidene)bis [(1,1'-biphenyl)-2-ol] (BPPH) exhibited the highest trophic magnification factor (TMF = 2.3), and we documented total BP concentrations in polar bear tissues up to 1396 ng g wet weight, orders of magnitude higher than in lower-trophic-level species. Furthermore, our analysis identified distinct local pollution sources, such as a firefighting training site releasing 2,4,6-trichlorophenol (2,4,6-TBP) and landfill leachate contributing other BPs to the local environment. These findings provide the first evidence of trophic magnification for multiple BPs in a polar food chain and underscore the urgent need to incorporate food-web dynamics and local source management into ecological risk assessments for the Arctic.
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spellingShingle Evidence for local sources and trophic biomagnification of bisphenols in the Arctic.
Min, Xi-Ze
Chen, Fei
Zhang, Zhi-Zhong
Wang, Lu
Ali, Aasim M
Langberg, Håkon A
Hale, Sarah E
Breedveld, Gijsbert D
Jenssen, Bjørn Munro
Mortensen, Åse-Karen
Ciesielski, Tomasz
Gabrielsen, Geir Wing
Ren, Nan-Qi
Li, Yi-Fan
Zhang, Zi-Feng
Kallenborn, Roland
Evidence for local sources and trophic biomagnification of bisphenols in the Arctic. Min, Xi-Ze Chen, Fei Zhang, Zhi-Zhong Wang, Lu Ali, Aasim M Langberg, Håkon A Hale, Sarah E Breedveld, Gijsbert D Jenssen, Bjørn Munro Mortensen, Åse-Karen Ciesielski, Tomasz Gabrielsen, Geir Wing Ren, Nan-Qi Li, Yi-Fan Zhang, Zi-Feng Kallenborn, Roland The Arctic, though remote, is exceptionally vulnerable to chemical contaminants that threaten its fragile ecosystems. Bisphenols (BPs), a class of endocrine-disrupting chemicals used in plastics and resins, are now detected across the Arctic, but the risks posed by their many analogues are poorly understood. Most studies have focused on documenting their presence, leaving a critical gap in our understanding of whether these compounds bioaccumulate in Arctic food webs and to what extent local, within-Arctic pollution contributes to the overall burden. Here we show, through a comprehensive analysis of 32 BPs in 134 samples from a Norwegian Arctic food web, that multiple BP analogues not only bioaccumulate but also biomagnify from plankton up to polar bears. We found that 5,5'-(1-methylethylidene)bis [(1,1'-biphenyl)-2-ol] (BPPH) exhibited the highest trophic magnification factor (TMF = 2.3), and we documented total BP concentrations in polar bear tissues up to 1396 ng g wet weight, orders of magnitude higher than in lower-trophic-level species. Furthermore, our analysis identified distinct local pollution sources, such as a firefighting training site releasing 2,4,6-trichlorophenol (2,4,6-TBP) and landfill leachate contributing other BPs to the local environment. These findings provide the first evidence of trophic magnification for multiple BPs in a polar food chain and underscore the urgent need to incorporate food-web dynamics and local source management into ecological risk assessments for the Arctic.
title Evidence for local sources and trophic biomagnification of bisphenols in the Arctic.
url https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41235054/