Health in the Arctic and climate change

The Arctic environment is like a magnifying glass. Many of the hazards stemming from industrial activity in the South tend to concentrate in the North. This is true for DDT, PCB, heavy metals and many other substances that may endanger human health. Climate change is yet another example of how the n...

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Published in:Polar Research
Main Author: Sloth Pedersen, Henning
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2007
Subjects:
Arctic
Climate change
Human health
Polar Research
Online Access:https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2017
https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v26i2.6224
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spelling ftjpolarres:oai:journals.openacademia.net:article/2017 2023-05-15T14:33:53+02:00 Health in the Arctic and climate change Sloth Pedersen, Henning 2007-09-01 application/pdf https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2017 https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v26i2.6224 eng eng Norwegian Polar Institute https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2017/5268 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2017 doi:10.3402/polar.v26i2.6224 Copyright (c) 2018 Polar Research Polar Research; Vol. 26 No. 2 (2007); 104-106 1751-8369 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2007 ftjpolarres https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v26i2.6224 2021-11-11T19:11:56Z The Arctic environment is like a magnifying glass. Many of the hazards stemming from industrial activity in the South tend to concentrate in the North. This is true for DDT, PCB, heavy metals and many other substances that may endanger human health. Climate change is yet another example of how the negative impact of industrial activity may be magnified in the Arctic region. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Climate change Human health Polar Research Polar Research (E-Journal) Arctic Polar Research 26 2
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description The Arctic environment is like a magnifying glass. Many of the hazards stemming from industrial activity in the South tend to concentrate in the North. This is true for DDT, PCB, heavy metals and many other substances that may endanger human health. Climate change is yet another example of how the negative impact of industrial activity may be magnified in the Arctic region.
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