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Lead, cadmium, mercury and selenium intake by Greenlanders from local marine food
P Johansen1, T Pars, P Bjerregaard
1Department of Arctic Environment, National Environmental Research Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark.
The Science of the Total Environment
|February 22, 2000
Abstract:
The human intake of lead, cadmium, mercury and selenium from local Greenlandic marine food was estimated based on dietary studies and contaminant information. The average lead intake was calculated to be 15 micrograms/person per week, which is very low, whereas the intake of cadmium and mercury was estimated to be very high, on average 1004 micrograms/person per week for cadmium and 846 for mercury, thereby significantly exceeding limits established by FAO/WHO. The main cadmium and mercury source was seal liver. Selenium intake was also high with whale skin as the dominant source.