Towards a better understanding of the benefits and risks of country food consumption using the case of walruses in Nunavik (Northern Quebec, Canada)

• Published in: Science of The Total Environment
• Main Authors: Martinez-Levasseur, Laura M., Lemire, Mélanie, Avard, Ellen, Furgal, C. (Chris), Simard, Manon, Burness, Gary P., Bertrand, Philip, Suppa, Sandy
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier BV 2020
• Subjects: Contaminants; Trichinella nativa; Botulism; Inuit knowledge; Atlantic walruses; Morse; Inuits > Alimentation; Polluants; Trichinella; Botulisme; Viande > Contamination; Gibier (Aliment); Arctic; Canada; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Nunavik; inuit; inuits; Odobenus rosmarus; morse; walrus*
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/38374; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137307

Food insecurity affects Inuit communities. One solution is to consume locally harvested foods, named country foods. However, some country foods are not eaten as often as before, and pressures including contaminants and environmental changes threaten the health of Arctic fauna, thus its suitability f...