History of Inuit Community Exposure to Lead, Cadmium, and Mercury in Sewage Lake Sediments

• Published in: Science of The Total Environment
• Main Authors: Hermanson, Mark H., Brozowski, James R.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2005
• Subjects: Research; Arctic; Arctic Lake; inuit
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1281271; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16203239; https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.7985

Exposure to lead, cadmium, and mercury is known to be high in many arctic Inuit communities. These metals are emitted from industrial and urban sources, are distributed by long-range atmospheric transport to remote regions, and are found in Inuit country foods. Current community exposure to these me...