AMAP Greenland and the Faroe Islands 1997-2001
MeHg
(hair)
HCB
b-HCH Musk
xylene
DDT
DDE
Ratio
DDT/D
DE
Trans-
nona
chlor
Number of
meals with
whale meat
(N=261)
0.571
0.000
0.116
0.061
N.s.
N.s.
0.177
0.004
0.125
0.043
N.s.
0.167
0.007
Total
amount of
whale meat
(N=217)
0.556
0.000
0.136
0.045
N.s.
N.s.
0.214
0.002
0.152
0.025
N.s.
0.202
0.003
Number of
meals with
blubber
(N=256)
0.362
0.000
0.221
0.000
N.s.
N.s.
0.313
0.000
0.248
0.000
0.160
0.010
0.307
0.000
Total
amount of
blubber
(N=238)
0.355
0.000
0.252
0.000
N.s.
N.s.
0.342
0.000
0.275
0.000
0.170
0.009
0.328
0.000
Number of
other meals
with dried
whale meat
(N=257)
0.202
0.001
0.114
0.068
N.s.
N.s.
0.182
0.003
0.141
0.024
n.s.
0.122
0.051
Number of
other meals
with dried
blubber
(N=258)
0.215
0.000
0.158
0.011
N.s.
N.s.
0.367
0.000
0.291
0.000
0.228
0.000
0.284
0.000
Number of
fish meals
per week
(N=256)
0.250
0.000
N.s.
N.s.
N.s.
0.147
0.018
0.138
0.028
N.s.
0.143
0.022
Number of
meals with
fulmar
(N=258)
0.213
0.001
0.207
0.001
N.s.
-0.146
0.019
0.169
0.007
0.147
0.018
N.s.
0.234
0.000
Number of
meals with
other
seabirds
(N=257)
0.128
0.040
0.110
0.079
N.s.
N.s.
0.137
0.028
0.106
0.091
N.s.
0.116
0.063
Total
number of
meals with
seabirds
(N=256)
0.194
0.002
0.184
0.003
N.s.
N.s.
0.179
0.004
0.155
0.013
N.s.
0.213
0.001
Number of
meals with
other meat
per week
(N=253)
-0.174
0.005
-0.146
0.020
-0.142
0.024
N.s.
-0.104
0.100
-0.101
0.108
N.s.
N.s.
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