Organochlorine Contaminants in the Country Food Diet of the Belcher Island Inuit, Northwest Territories, Canada

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Cameron, Marjorie, Weis, I. Michael
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1993
• Subjects: Arctic char; Beluga whales; Common Eiders; DDT; Fats; Food; Inuit; Organochlorines; PCBs; Pollution; Seals (Animals); Subsistence; Belcher Islands; Nunavut; Sanikiluaq; Arctic; Belcher; Belcher Island; Canada; Northwest Territories; Arctic charr; Arctique*; Beluga; Beluga*; Bernache du Canada; Branta canadensis; Canada Goose; Common Eider; Delphinapterus leucas; inuit; Phoca hispida; phoque annelé; ringed seal; Salvelinus alpinus; Somateria mollissima; Territoires du Nord-Ouest
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64375

An initial assessment of the country food diet at the Belcher Islands' community of Sanikiluaq, Northwest Territories, was made by interviewing 16 families during May-July 1989. Estimates of consumption per day were established over a two-week period for 10 of these families. This information w...