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• Impacts on human health in the Arctic owing to climate-induced changes in contaminant cycling – The EU ArcRisk project policy outcome

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  • J. Pacyna
  • I. Cousins
  • C. Halsall
  • A. Rautio
  • J. Pawlak
  • E. G. Pacyna
  • K. Sundseth
  • S. J. Wilson
  • J. Munthe

  - ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY - Year 2015

  Results of the EU ArcRisk project on human health impacts in the Arctic owing to climate-induced changes in contaminant cycling are summarized in the context of their policy application. The question on how will climate change affect the transport of selected persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and mercury, both to and within the Arctic has been addressed, as well as the issue of human health impacts of these pollutants in the...

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