Environmental contaminants

When chemicals are released in nature, they can reappear in food, water and consumer products. Many different substances are found in food and water.

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Articles

Fact sheet

Updated 18.04.2016

Breast milk and environmental pollutants in Norway - fact sheet

The amount of environmental pollutants in breast milk has decreased significantly in recent years.

Article

Updated 18.04.2016

Energy-saving light bulbs: what to do if they break

Energy-saving light bulbs contain small amounts of metallic mercury. If they break, the mercury is released. This causes a minimal health risk, but dispose of all the glass and mercury carefully.

News and research findings

Research findings

Published 30.10.2018

Children exposed to many environmental contaminants

Children across Europe are exposed to a wide range of contaminants in foetal life and childhood but their exposure varies by country and compound, according to a recent study.

Research findings

Updated 18.04.2016

Infant growth affected by exposure to environmental pollutants

Even though the levels of two environmental pollutants have declined over the last 20 years, they may still have adverse effects on children’s development.

Research findings

Updated 18.04.2016

Can environmental contaminants cause lower sperm count?

The amount of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) that mothers had in their blood during pregnancy was correlated with their sons' semen quality at 20 years old.

Projects

Project

Published 21.01.2019

Reliability of Free and Total BPA analyte measures in MoBa

We propose a reliability study of BPA biomarkers over the course of pregnancy that separates total and free BPA, using the reliability substudy urine samples collected in MoBa.

Project

Published 21.11.2018

Prenatal exposure to toxicants and childhood neurodevelopmental disorders and cognitive functions (NeuroTox)

Do maternal blood levels of perfluoroalkyl substances and different metals (e.g. mercury, lead, and arsenic) during pregnancy have negative effects on neurodevelopment in children?

Project

Updated 14.12.2018

Plasma concentrations of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in pregnant women and the association with child's prenatal and postnatal growth.

We will investigate how exposure to PFAS during pregnancy can affect fetal growth within a large meta-analysis of European birth cohorts.

Project

Updated 30.01.2019

NON-PROTECTED. The impact of perfluorinated toxicants and the gut microbiome on vaccine responses in children.

The project will investigate whether PFAS, even at lower levels, is of importance for the vaccine response, as well as investigating the role of the gut microbiota for vaccine responses.

Project

Updated 18.12.2018

Perfluoroalkyl substances in maternal plasma during pregnancy and duration of breastfeeding

The purpose of this project has been to investigate the association between maternal plasma concentrations of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and duration of breastfeeding.

Project

Updated 29.11.2018

The CATCH-UP project: The impact of pre- and postnatal exposure to mixtures of environmental toxicants on catch-up growth, obesity and cardio-metabolic health in children

The overall objective of the project is to study the potential effects of exposure to mixtures of toxicants during vulnerable life stages on child growth and weight status.

Project

Updated 23.11.2018

Pre- and postnatal exposure to a mixture of dietary contaminants and weight development at 3, 5 and 8 years.

This project will study how prenatal exposure to contaminants are associated with growth and weight development in children until the age of 8 years.

Project

Updated 30.11.2018

«European Test and Risk Assessment Strategies for Mixtures (EuroMix) – a human biomonitoring study

The Horizon 2020 EuroMix project aims to provide validated test strategies for the hazard and exposure assessments of chemical mixtures.

Theme

Air pollution

Facts and statistics about air pollution in Norway

Research study

Interlaboratory Comparison of Persistent Organic Pollutants in food (ILC POPs)

The ILC POPs study comprises measurements of environmental contaminants in foods.

Environmental contaminants

Articles

Breast milk and environmental pollutants in Norway - fact sheet

Energy-saving light bulbs: what to do if they break

News and research findings

Children exposed to many environmental contaminants

Infant growth affected by exposure to environmental pollutants

Can environmental contaminants cause lower sperm count?

Projects

Reliability of Free and Total BPA analyte measures in MoBa

Prenatal exposure to toxicants and childhood neurodevelopmental disorders and cognitive functions (NeuroTox)

Plasma concentrations of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in pregnant women and the association with child's prenatal and postnatal growth.

NON-PROTECTED. The impact of perfluorinated toxicants and the gut microbiome on vaccine responses in children.

Perfluoroalkyl substances in maternal plasma during pregnancy and duration of breastfeeding

The CATCH-UP project: The impact of pre- and postnatal exposure to mixtures of environmental toxicants on catch-up growth, obesity and cardio-metabolic health in children

Pre- and postnatal exposure to a mixture of dietary contaminants and weight development at 3, 5 and 8 years.

«European Test and Risk Assessment Strategies for Mixtures (EuroMix) – a human biomonitoring study

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Air pollution

Interlaboratory Comparison of Persistent Organic Pollutants in food (ILC POPs)