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Contaminants in the Circumpolar North
Kafarowski, Joanna
Kafarowski, Joanna
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Contaminants, which primarily originate from industrial activities conducted in areas remote from the North, may pose a threat to the short- and long-term health of Arctic environments. These contaminants bio-accumulate in the fatty tissues of marine mammals and other species and biomagnify as they move up the food chain. Contaminants are then consumed by humans in some traditional foods (Cameron and Weiss 1997, Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme 1998, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada 2003). Studies on the impact of contaminants on human health are often linked to the use of traditional foods by Indigenous peoples (Egan 1996, Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme 1998, Duhaime 2002). These foods represent the mainstay of the Indigenous diet in many communities across the circumpolar North and provide more substantial nutrients including protein, iron and zinc than do imported foods. Traditional foods also feature significantly in the cultural and spiritual lives of many Northern Indigenous communities (Kuhnlein et al. 1996, Kuhnlein et al. 2001, Blanchet et al. 2002). As quoted in Egede (1995: 72
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2004
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