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Pollution prevention
Pollution and human health
Level of pollutants in blood or breast milk of women in childbearing age
OKHOTSK SEA
PACIFIC OCEAN
BERING SEA
Alaska (USA)
CANADA
RUSSIA
ARCTIC OCEAN
HUDSON BAY
BAFFIN BAY
Greenland (Denmark)
NORWEGIAN SEA
FINLAND
ICELAND
SWEDEN
ATLANTIC OCEAN
NORWAY
Faroe Islands (Denmark)
PCB-153 2,2',4,4',5,5'-Hexachlorobiphenyl (previously used as coolant fluids in electrical equipment)
DDE p,p’-Dichlorodiphenyldi- chloroethylene (a breakdown product of the insecticide, DDT)
PBDEs Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (used as flame retardant)
μg/kg plasma lipid
700 600 400 200 100
1990-1999
1990-1999
2000-2007
2005-2007
2000-2007
2007-2013
2007-2014
2007-2014
Note: No circle reflects lack of data, not that the pollutant level is zero.
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