Assessing Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Canadian Arctic Air and Water as an Entry Point into the Arctic Food Chain, Northern Contaminants Program (INAC) and ArcticNet, 2019

We collected air, water, sediment samples in the summer of 2019 from on board the CCGS Amundsen in the central and eastern Canadian Archipelago. We also collected air and water (grab and passive) from the CCGS Laurier in the Beaufort Sea and the R/V William Kennedy in the western Hudson Bay and Chesterfield Inlet. Air samples were continuously collected form the very front of the bow of the ship to reduce contamination from the smoke stack. The air sampler consisted of a filter to collect the particulate followed by a cartridge containing a sandwich of polyurethane foam and XAD resin to sorb the gas phase. Several types of water samples were collected: target compounds were concentrated from grab surface samples (200-L) by filtering through a column of XAD resin. Grab samples for flame retardants were collected in glass bottles and shipped back to the lab for processing. Grab samples for per-fluorinated compounds were collected at the surface and at two-three depths in plastic bottles and shipped back to the lab for processing. Sediment samples were collected from the box corer, the top 0-5cam was collected. Samples were frozen and shipped back to the lab for processing.

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Date (Publication)
2020-01-23
Principal investigator
 

Jantunen, Liisa
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Stern, Gary
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Forest, Alexander
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Diamond, Miriam
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Elliot, Kyle
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Hung, Hayley
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Melling, Humfrey
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Trimble, Annika
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Jantunen, L., Melling, H., Stern, G., Elliot, K., Hung, H., Forest, A., Diamond, M., & Trimble, A. (2019). Assessing Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Canadian Arctic Air and Water as an Entry Point into the Arctic Food Chain, Northern Contaminants Program (INAC) and ArcticNet, 2019. Waterloo, Canada: Canadian Cryospheric Information Network (CCIN). (Unpublished Data).
Purpose

Part of Canada's commitment to international agreements is to monitor levels of specific contaminants in the environment. To comply with this obligation and to know how contaminant levels are changing in the Arctic, we propose to collect air, water, and sediment samples for persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and emerging compounds of concern in the Canadian Archipelago during the summer of 2019 in collaboration with ArcticNet. By collecting air, water and sediment in the Canadian Arctic for contaminants, we will develop spatial and temporal trends. Contaminants include pesticides, flame retardants, plasticizers, perfluorinated compounds and combustion related compounds. The major concern with these compounds is that Northerners are exposed when eating traditional foods such as fish, seals and whales that are themselves exposed through the Arctic ecosystem. We have described trends for many POPs in air and water over time at different locations in the Canadian Archipelago. We propose to continue to monitor these trends and to collect data to describe trends for emerging compounds of concern. This research has set baseline concentrations against which changes can be benchmarked as the climate and compound emissions change. Additionally, we propose to once again recruit and train a northern student this year from Aurora College in Inuvik to participate in ArcticNet on board the CCGS Amundsen. Finally, we will be visiting Whitehorse to consult with the local community and to engage with students at the college/university.
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Canadian Cryospheric Information Network

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Polar Data Catalogue Thesaurus (Canada)

  • Baffin Bay

  • Beaufort Sea

  • Bioaccumulation

  • DDT

  • Hudson Bay

  • Nunavut

  • Organophosphate flame retardants

  • Organophosphate plasticizers

  • PCBs

  • Perfluoro contaminant

  • Persistent organic pollutants (POPs)
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  • Nunavut, Canada - OAUFQ; Northwest Territories, Canada - LBCFB
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2019-07-01
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2019-09-29
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Summary: Not Applicable Research Program(s): ArcticNet,NCP. For further information: liisa.jantunen@canada.ca liisa.jantunen@canada.ca

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Polar Data Catalogue Thesaurus (Canada)
Baffin Bay Beaufort Sea Bioaccumulation DDT Hudson Bay Nunavut Organophosphate flame retardants Organophosphate plasticizers PCBs Perfluoro contaminant Persistent organic pollutants (POPs)

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