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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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