Environmental contaminants in coastal populations: Comparisons with the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and resident dolphins.

Journal: The Science of the total environment
PMID: 32636572

Abstract

BACKGROUND: People living in coastal communities are at risk for exposure to environmental hazards, including legacy chemicals. We can use databases such as NHANES to assess whether contaminants in coastal communities are present in higher levels than in the United States overall. We can use information from studies of local animal populations to assess which of these contaminants could have been transferred to people from their shared environment.

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  • Lorraine C Backer
    National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
  • Birgit Bolton
    National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
  • Jenny A Litz
    National Marine Fisheries Service, Miami, FL, USA.
  • Jennifer Trevillian
    National Institute of Standards and Technology, Charleston, SC, USA.
  • Stephanie Kieszak
    National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
  • John Kucklick
    National Institute of Standards and Technology, Charleston, SC, USA.

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