AMAP Greenland and the Faroe Islands 1997-2001

Fatty acids, (n=47) Contami- nants (n=67) wet weight microgram/ liter lipid weight microgram/ kg lipid Total lipids, g/L 5.6: (3.8-8.4) Beta HCH 0.10: (0.03-0.28) 18.6: (5.3-55.7) Linoleic acid, 18.2.6,% 29.9: Sum of chlordanes Arachidonic acid 20.4.6,% 6.3: DDE 0.82: (0.27-4.36) 150: (51-695) Eicosapentaenoic acid, 20.5.3,% 0.82: DDT 0.03: (0.0-0.4) 5.1: (0-77) Docosapentaenoic acid 22.5.3,% 0.53: DDE+DDT 155: Docosahexaenoic acid, 22.6.3,% 2.53: Hexachloro Benzene 0.16: (0.08-0.26) 29.1: (13-51) sum n-3,% 4.5: Mirex 0.0013: (0.0-0.07) 0.19: (0-7.9) sum n-6,% 34.6: PCB,14 congeners 1.17: (0.52-2.2) 210: (100-393) n-3/n-6 ratio 0.13 Aroclor 1260 3.28: (1.48-6.44) 585: (257-1150) Triglycerides mmol/L 1.08: (0.25-2.49) Toxaphenes 5 congeners Nd nd Cholesterol mmol/L 4.84 (3.0-7.60) DDE:DDT 29: TEQ picogram/kg 6.9: (3.2-13.7)