AMAP Greenland and the Faroe Islands 1997-2001

Disko Bay 1994-96 Disko Bay 1997 Disko Bay 1999-2000 Nuuk 1998-99 Ittoqqor- toormiit 99-2000 Tasiilaq 2000 Total n 225 96 30 32 8 8 Number of blood samples 175 96 30 32 8 8 Hg 12.7: (1.7-76) 12.4: (1.7-78.2) 4.46: (1.3-21) 10.5: (3.9-27.3) 19.7: (6.5-60) Pb 34.7: (8.9-180) 50: (24-140) 37.4: (25-77) 30.8: (23-47) 23.8: (16-33) Cd 1.34: (0.01-7.0) 1.15: (0.6-2.1) 0.69: (0.19- 2.4) 0.95: (0.6-1.54) 0.66: (0.25-2) Aldrin Nd Nd Nd Nd Nd Nd Beta HCH 0.17: (0.03-0.8) 0.15: (0.03-0.5) 0.07: (0.01-0.18) 0.11: (0.05- 0.26) 0.24: (0.12- 0.61) 0.20: (0.1-0.4) Sum of chlor- danes 1.82: (0.05-19) 1.89: 0.05-13.7) 1.06: (0.05-3.8) 0.70: (0.08- 3.4) 3.5: (1.4-10.6) 4.9: (2.1-9.1) DDE 3.69: (0.48-30) 3.56: (0.56-17) 1.72: (0.4-6.0) 2.0: (0.6-7.8) 5.2: (2.7-18.1) 11.0: (5.9-20) DDT 0.13: (0.02-1.5) 0.11: (0.01-13) 0.04: (0.01-0.37) 0.04: (0.01- 0.34) 0.26: (0.14- 1.30) 0.35: (0.2-0.8) DDE+ DDT 3.89: (0.5-31.5) 3.79: (0.59-17) 1.82: (0.4-6.0) 2.05: (0.64- 8.1) 5.94: (2.9- 19.4) 11.4: (6-21) Hexachlo roben- zene 0.89: (0.13-7.0) 0.80: (0.14-4.0) 0.39: (0.1-1.6) 0.38: (0.14-1.2) 0.78: (0.37- 1.97) 1.05: (0.4-1.9) Mirex 0.08: (0.01- 0.66) 0.08: (0.01-1.9) 0.04: (0.01-0.19) 0.03: (0.01- 0.15) 0.18: (0.05- 0.88) 0.30: (0.1-0.7) PCB, 14 conge- ners 5.19: (1.1-34) 5.30: (1.0-20.5) 2.48: (0.72-8.1) 3.02: (0.9- 10.2) 14.5: (5.1-49) 14.7: (8-25.6) Aroclor 1260 14.2: (3.0-95) 14.6: (3.0-60) 6.4: (2.0-22.3) 7.85: (2.6- 28.3) 36.0: (13.6-125) 37.6: (22-60) Toxaphen es, 4 conge- ners 0.60: (0.01-4.7) 0.24: (0.05-1.06) 0.27: (0.05- 1.4) 0.60: (0.37- 1.22) 1.35: (0.4-2.9) DDE: DDT 28.9: (8.6-300) 33.3: (0.06-300) 47.6: (13.4-432) 20.3: (14-38) 31.4: (16-60)