Dietary exposure of PBDEs resulting from a subsistence diet in three First Nation communities in the James Bay Region of Canada

• Published in: Environment International
• Main Authors: Eric N. Liberda, Bruce C. Wainman, Alain LeBlanc, Pierre Dumas, Ian Martin, Leonard J.S. Tsuji
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2011
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Arctic; Hudson Bay; Canada; Hudson; Fort Albany; Peawanuck; First Nations; James Bay
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2010.12.008; https://doaj.org/article/bf90c6e792a94c2e9b27136b13c5a2fe

Background: Concerns regarding the persistence, bioaccumulation, long-range transport, and adverse health effects of polybrominated dipheyl ethers (PBDEs) have recently come to light. PBDEs may potentially be of concern to indigenous (First Nations) people of Canada who subsist on traditional foods,...