00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.848576 CaOODSP 20221107153718 cr ||||||||||| 171211s1985 onc #ob f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng n-cn--- R5-594/1985E-PDF Wong, Michael Philip, 1956- Country foods and native diets in northern Canada [electronic resource] / by Michael P. Wong. [Ottawa?] : Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, [1985?] 1 v. (various pagings) "October, 1985." Digitized edition from print [produced by Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada]. Includes bibliographical references. "During the past decade, knowledge of chemical contamination in the Arctic food chain has increased with the acquisition of new residue information. The recent finding of elevated levels of toxic chemical residues in tissues of the Polar bear, Ursus maritimus, has focused attention on the diet of northern native populations who traditionally rely upon marine and terrestrial mammals, fish, birds and plants for food. Concern surrounding the possibility of chemical exposure has been heightened by the government encouraging the consumption of'country foods' and breast-feeding of infants, rather than relying on the more expensive products from the south. Although the significance to human health is still not known, the situation has increased awareness of the potential of exposure to contaminants of northern natives"--Background, p. 1.1. gccst Aboriginal peoples gccst Food safety gccst Northern Canada Canada. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. PDF 8.18 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2018/aanc-inac/R5-594-1985-eng.pdf