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Chemicals Pollutants Threaten Health in the Arctic

2013-03-17 01:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ScienceDaily: People living in Arctic areas can be more sensitive to pollutants due to their genetics, says researcher Arja Rautio at the Centre for Arctic Medicine in theUniversity of Oulu, Finland. This is unfortunate since the northernmost areas of Europe are receiving more harmful chemicals. Scientists believe climate change may be a culprit as air and water mass movements push some of these undesirable chemicals towards the Arctic. "In real life, people are exposed to lots of chemicals," says Rautio, who...

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