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T1 AMAP Assessment 2002: Human Health in the Arctic
A1 Arctic Council, 
A2 Ayotte, Pierre
A2 Berner, James E.
A2 Bjerregaard, Peter
A2 Bonefeld-Jørgensen, Eva
A2 Burkow, Ivan C.
A2 Deutch, Bente
A2 Dewailly, Eric
A2 Gilman, Andy
A2 Hansen, Jens C.
A2 Klopov, Valery
A2 Odland, Jon Øyvind
A2 Tremblay, Neil
A2 Van Oostdam, Jay
A2 Weber, Jean-Philippe
A2 Weihe, Pál
K1 human health
K1 environmental pollution
K1 pollution effect
K1 pollution prevention
K1 pollutant exposure
K1 pollutant monitoring
K1 pollution risk
SN 82-7971-016-7
YR 2003
FD 2003
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/8658
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/8658
NO The Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) was established in 1991 to monitor identified pollution risks and their impacts on Arctic ecosystem. This human health assessment considered the health risks associated with the exposure to contaminants in relation to other lifestyle factors that affect health. It established that in the Arctic region, the Inuit population in Greenland and Canada face the highest exposures levels to various POPs and mercury. These levels are linked to consumption of marine food sources as part of their traditional diets. It therefore recommends that monitoring of Hunan exposure to mercury, relevant POPs, including dioxin and dioxin-like compounds and other chemicals of concern, be continued in order to estimate risks, and further elaborate the geographical trends, in order to establish time trends of exposure.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 17, 2026