Inventory of Federal, Provincial and Territorial Environmental and Occupational Health Data
Sources and Surveillance Activities

Health and Environment Initiatives and Activities

6) Northern Contaminants

6.1 Environmental Monitoring

Canadian Arctic Contaminants Database (HC, with support from DIAND): Purpose is to monitor tissue concentrations of environmental contaminants in Canadian Arctic populations. Exposure data include levels of POPs and heavy metals in blood and breast milk. Data are collected by Arctic region (5 regions) and ethnicity (e.g., Inuit, Metis/Dene, Caucasian), and are part of HC's contribution to the Northern Contaminants Program and the international Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP).

6.2 Environmental Health Surveillance

Arctic Council's Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) (see section 7.2 below).

Northern Contaminants Program (see section 7.2 below).