August 10, 2023 New paper by PDF Dr. Antoine Simond: Declining concentrations of chlorinated paraffins in endangered St. Lawrence Estuary belugas (Delphinapterus leucas): Response to regulations or a change in diet? reveals that chlorinated paraffin concentrations have declined (1.3% per year, 28% over 2 decades), likely due in part to the implementation of regulations of this industrial chemical in 2012.

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January 23, 2023 Paper by PhD student Bonnie Lo: Acute Toxicity of 6PPD-Quinone to Early Life Stage Juvenile Chinook (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and Coho (Oncorhynchus kisutch) shows that newly feeding coho exhibit a lethal concentration of 6PPD quinone that is 2.3 times lower than previously reported for 1+ year
coho salmon and that coho salmon are 3 orders of magnitude more sensitive to this tire associated chemical than Chinook.

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August 30, 2022 New paper by PDF Dr. Antoine Simond: A Multi-Matrix Metabolomic Approach in Ringed Seals and Beluga Whales to Evaluate Contaminant and Climate-Related Stressors

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Check out a summary of the paper here

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