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    • Health and environmental impacts in the Norwegian border area related to local Russian industrial emissions. Knowledge status. 

      Sandanger, Torkjel Manning; Anda, Erik Eik; Berglen, Tore Flatlandsmo; Evenset, Anita; Christensen, Guttorm; Heimstad, Eldbjørg Sofie (Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2013)
      The contaminant situation in the Norwegian-Russian border has caused concern for several decades and considerable amount of data has been gathered during the Pasvik programme (Stebel et al., 2007; Pasvik programme, 2008) for the environmental pollution, but not in this extent for food safety and potential human health risks in this region. Through the compiling of the available literature the ...
    • The impact of a Nickel-Copper smelter on concentrations of toxic elements in local wild food from the Norwegian, Finnish, and Russian border regions 

      Hansen, Martine Dalgaard; Nøst, Therese Haugdahl; Heimstad, Eldbjørg Sofie; Evenset, Anita; Dudarev, Alexey A.; Rautio, Arja; Myllynen, Päivi; Dushkina, Eugenia V.; Jagodic, Marta; Christensen, Guttorm N.; Anda, Erik Eik; Brustad, Magritt; Sandanger, Torkjel M (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-06-28)
      Toxic elements emitted from the Pechenganickel complex on the Kola Peninsula have caused concern about potential effects on local wild food in the border regions between Norway, Finland and Russia. The aim of this study was to assess Ni, Cu, Co, As, Pb, Cd, and Hg concentrations in local wild foods from these border regions. During 2013–2014, we collected samples of different berry, mushroom, ...