Diet, lifestyle and contaminants in three east Greenland Inuit municipalities

• Published in: Chemosphere
• Main Authors: Long, Manhai, Sonne, Christian, Dietz, Rune, Bossi, Rossana, Jørgensen, Najannguaq, Olsen, Taatsiannguaq Inuuteq, Bonefeld-Jørgensen, Eva Cecilie
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: POP; PFAS; metals; Diet; Lifestyle; East Greenland; Life Style; Inuit; Arsenic; Cross-Sectional Studies; Humans; Male; Fluorocarbons; Mammals; Animals; Environmental Pollutants/analysis; Adult; Female; Cities; Selenium; Greenland; Arctic; Ittoqqortoormiit; Tasiilaq; greenlandic; Human health; inuit; Kulusuk; polar bear
• Online Access: https://pure.au.dk/portal/da/publications/diet-lifestyle-and-contaminants-in-three-east-greenland-inuit-municipalities(f11f8881-67e3-46c0-a61b-5ea41d712035).html; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.140368; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85173516646&partnerID=8YFLogxK

Persistent organic pollutants (POP) are environmental contaminants transported over long distances to the Arctic where they biomagnify in marine mammals subsistence hunted by Inuit and may therefore affect human health. Marine mammals in East Greenland are known to have the highest POP concentration...