Chemical cocktail party in East Greenland:A first time evaluation of human organohalogen exposure from consumption of ringed seal and polar bear tissues and possible health implications

• Published in: Toxicological & Environmental Chemistry
• Main Authors: Sonne, Christian, Dietz, Rune, Letcher, Robert J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Arctic; blubber; endocrine disruption; exposure; Greenlanders; polar bears; Greenland; Rho; East Greenland; greenlander*; Pusa hispida; ringed seal; Ursus maritimus
• Online Access: https://pure.au.dk/portal/da/publications/chemical-cocktail-party-in-east-greenland(eaf3db17-b8ba-485f-a23c-7abe5474ed0f).html; https://doi.org/10.1080/02772248.2013.809917; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84881666415&partnerID=8YFLogxK

East Greenland polar bears (Ursus maritimus) are among the mammals with the highest bioaccumulated concentrations of organohalogen contaminants (OHCs). Since Greenlanders in this region ingest significant quantities of adipose tissue from polar bears and also ringed seals (Pusa hispida), initial con...