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2002年10月1日

著者:
WWF

Toxic chemicals a major threat to the Arctic

[refers to Canada, Greenland, Russia, USA] - Arctic wildlife and communities are heavily contaminated by polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and other industrial pollutants according to a report released today by the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme...The new report Arctic Pollution 2002 demonstrates that some indigenous communities in the remote Arctic have among the world's highest exposures to certain toxic chemicals.