Future human health research directions for the Canadian Northern Contaminants Program

Studies conducted in the mid-1980s and early 1990s demonstrated that persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and metals were reaching the Arctic ecosystem at unexpectedly high levels, many of which had no Arctic or Canadian sources. Epidemiological and toxicological studies in Canada and in other count...

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Published in:International Journal of Circumpolar Health
Main Authors: Shawn G. Donaldson, Meredith S. Curren, Bryan Adlard, Jonathan Provost, Tara Leech, Constantine Tikhonov, Mark Feeley, Scott Tomlinson, Russel Shearer
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2013
Subjects:
Northern Contaminants Program
POPs
metals
Arctic
human health
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Canada
Circumpolar Health
Human health
International Journal of Circumpolar Health
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v72i0.23049
https://doaj.org/article/be2ec8496bb8451788358db7c76e3729
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Summary:Studies conducted in the mid-1980s and early 1990s demonstrated that persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and metals were reaching the Arctic ecosystem at unexpectedly high levels, many of which had no Arctic or Canadian sources. Epidemiological and toxicological studies in Canada and in other countries have found that these contaminants may pose a risk to human health. The objective of this paper is to provide the foundation for the discussion on future northern human health research under the Northern Contaminants Program (NCP) in Canada. This short discussion of human health priorities will help guide a path forward for future northern human health research in Canada to address on-going and new health concerns related to contaminants exposure in the Canadian Arctic.

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