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Contaminants
in the Arctic
NERI
conducts studies of contaminants in Greenland from local sources (in particular
mining) and from outside sources from where contaminants are transported via the
atmosphere and ocena currents to the Arctic.
In recent years these studies have been conducted as part of the
international AMAP project:
AMAP is a cooporation between the eight Arctic nations with
the objective to monitor and assess circumpolar contamination. It has been
observed that contaminants are transported to the Arctic and that some
contaminants (e.g. PCBs) are biomagnificated and may be found in high
concentrations in birds and marine mammals in the top of the food chain. Since
many people in the Arctic eat these, they are particularly exposed a high intake
of these contaminants from local food.
The Department of Arctic Environment conducts the
following projects:
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