Christopher C Witt, Chauncey R Gadek, Jean-Luc E Cartron, Michael J Andersen, Mariel L Campbell, Marialejandra Castro-Farías, Ethan F Gyllenhaal, Andrew B Johnson, Jason L Malaney, Kyana N Montoya, Andrew Patterson, Nicholas T Vinciguerra, Jessie L Williamson, Joseph A Cook, Jonathan L Dunnum
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the environment pose persistent and complex threats to human and wildlife health. Around the world, PFAS point sources such as military bases expose thousands of populations of wildlife and game species, with potentially far-reaching implications for population and ecosystem health. But few studies shed light on the extent to which PFAS permeate food webs, particularly ecologically and taxonomically diverse communities of primary and secondary consumers. Here we conducted >2000 assays to measure tissue-concentrations of 17 PFAS in 23 species of mammals and migratory birds at Holloman Air Force Base (AFB), New Mexico, USA, where wastewater catchment lakes form biodiverse oases...
February 5, 2024: Environmental Research