Effects of lead intake in human blood

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Updated 2005-10-03

In Greenland lead contamination of the edible parts of seabirds, particularly eiders, is high because the birds have been killed with lead shot. Therefore bird-eaters are exposed to a high lead intake, probably often exceeding safe limits. In this study we will compare the lead level in human blood in a group of people from Nuuk, Greenland eating many birds with the level in a group eating few. This will enable us to assess if the high lead exposure is reflected in people and constitutes a health risk. The project is conducted in cooperation with The Medical Clinic in Nuuk and The Center for Arctic Environmental Medicine, Aarhus University.

This is a National Implementation Plan (NIP) project

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Status: Completed
Project time span: 2003 - 2005
Data collection: 2003 - 2004
Data processing: 2004 - 2005
Data reporting: 2004 - 2005

Contact information

Contact person: Poul Johansen
Address: NERI Frederiksborgvej 399 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
Phone: +45 46301936
Fax: +45 46301914
Email: kd.umd@jop

Parameters and Media

Parameter groups measured/observed/modelled

Heavy metals

Media sampled/studied/modelled

Human media

Geography

Regions studied: Heavy metals

Data availability

Are data archived or planned to be archived at an AMAP Thematic Data Centre?: no
If no (or only part of data are reported to a TDC), where and how are (other) data stored?: Data are stored in NERI contaminant database

Samples/specimens archived in specimen banks?: Yes

Specimen banking information: Human blood stored in NERI specimen bank

Methods & Procedures

Not specified

Additional Information

Is this a bi- AND multi-lateral project (i.e. a project involving cooperation between different countries)?: No
Other institutes involved in the project: Centre for Arctic Envirironmental Medicine, Aarhus, Denmark
Indigenous AND traditional knowledge used in this project: yes, Inuit have cooperated in giving blood samples and reporting diet in questionaire