Marine mammals members

This increased exposure has been demonstrated by serum CDD levels, which are found to be several times higher in people who regularly eat fish as compared to those who occasionally or never eat fish (Anderson et al. 1998 Svensson et al. 1991) (see Sections 5.5 and 5.9). In addition, this same situation also applied for consumption of wildlife, specifically marine mammals (Ayotte et al. 1997 Dewailly et al. 1992). Similar dietary situations exist for children of subsistence hunters that tend to consume tissues of marine mammals and children of subsistence farmers that consume beef, milk and other dairy products from their own farm raised animals. In the case of subsistence fishers, subsistence hunters, and subsistence farmers, all three populations share one problem, that the source of their fish, meat, and/or milk and other dairy products, is typically restricted to a localized area, and if these food sources are contaminated with CDDs, adults and children in these populations will be exposed to higher levels of CDDs than members of the general population (see Section 5.7 for additional details on these populations at risk). 

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