Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme

Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) (2004) AMAP assessment 2002 persistent organic pollutants in the Arctic. AMAP, P.O. Box 8100 Dep, N-0032 Oslo, Norway, www.amap.no... 

AMAP (1998) Arctic pollution issues a state of the arctic environment report. Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme, Oslo... 

Hansen, J.C., 1998. Pollution and human health. In Wilson, S.J., Murray, J.L., Huntington, H.P. (Eds.), AMAP Assessment Report Arctic Pollution Issues. Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP). Oslo, Norway, pp. 775-837. 

Arctic Pollution, Persistent Organic Pollutants, Heavy Metals, Radioactivity, Human Health, Changing Pathways, Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme, 2002. http //amap.no/documents. 

The Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) was established in 1991 to implement certain parts of the Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy (AEPS), primarily providing reliable and sufficient information on the status of, and threats to, the Arctic environment, and providing scientific advice on actions to be taken in order to support Arctic governments in their efforts to take remedial and preventive... 

A new study carried out by Toronto University finds that, of the 3 PBDE flame retardants, neither decaBDE nor octaBDE is likely to be transported in the environment over long distances. The study clarifies recent reports from the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) which incorrectly stated that PBDEs had been found in the Arctic when this should only have referred to the constituents of pentaBDE. 

As a result of concerns over the long-range transport of POPs to the Arctic, the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) monitors the levels of POPs such as HCB in air, biota (fish, marine mammals, and seabirds), and humans. AMAP s 2014 report [121] indicates that... 

AMAP Arctic Pollution (2011) Arctic monitoring and assessment programme (AMAP), Oslo... 

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