Blog Post 2

  1. a) Source

The article I chose is titled “State of knowledge on current exposure, fate and potential health effects of contaminants in polar bears from the circumpolar Arctic” and was published in the journal “Science of The Total Environment”.

It is available on ScienceDirect:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969719305091

  1. b) Classification

This is an academic peer-reviewed article. The authors use extensive in-text citations and cite extensive resources to support their research.

  1. c) Support

ScienceDirect make only peer-reviewed articles available as open access:

2 thoughts to “Blog Post 2”

  1. ah yes the good old open access filter!
    was it an interesting article?
    remember also that all/many journal articles are available through TRU Library, which you can access as an online student
    there are instructions on their web pages and also the librarians will answer your questions!

    1. A very intruiging article! I had no idea before I found this how much bioaccumulation there was in the Arctic from toxicants travelling wind and ocean currents.

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