AMAP Greenland and the Faroe Islands 1997-2001

Location and year Partici- pants Mercury >4.4 US-EPA Mercury >20. WHO Lead >100 Aroclor >5, (Ca) level of corcern, Pregnant aroclor >20 level of concern (Ca) aroclor >100. level of action (Ca) Disko bay 1994-96 Pregnant n=175 93% 25% 2% 93% 37% 0% Disko bay 1997 Pregnant n=95 95 17 0 Ilulissat 1999 Pregnant n=30 80 31 7 52 7 0 Nuuk 1999 Pregnant n=34 44 44 0 81 0 0 Ittoqqort. 1999 Pregnant n=8 63 12.5 0 100 62.5 12.5 Tasiilaq 2001 Pregnant n=8 100 50 0 100 74 0 Iittoqqort. 1999 Women n=42 93 45 10 100 90 50 Tasiilaq 2001 Women n=40 100 73 4 98 60 0 Denmark 1998 Women n=67 10 0 0 Iittoqqort. 1997 Men n=15 100 93 60 Greenland, W, 1997 Men n=46 100 60 2 Uummanaq 1999 Men n=48 100 96 14 100 94 0 Ittoqqort. 2000 Men n=52 94 27 10 100 94 43 Tasiilaq 2001 Men n=40 98 70 2 97 81 2