Researchers have for the first time documented "unacceptable levels" of man-made environmental toxins in the Inuit population of Greenland.
Traditional food sources like polar bears are affected.
There is little doubt the toxins originate from the traditional local diet of polar bears, seals and whales, a diet which so far has been considered one of the healthiest on the planet.
The report from the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (Amap) concludes Greenlanders should consider changing their eating habits, to avoid possible health effects like reduced fertility, genetic damage and deformities in children.
Lars Bevanger BBC News Online, Oslo 1 April, 2003{you can have Walmart and SUV's, or you can have Inuit and polar bears, and you have to choose.}
