Health and the St. Lawrence : Saint-Laurent et la santé humaine, l'état de la question II

The specific objectives of the Human Health Component Besides its great length, along with the surface area of its were as follows: obtain a portrait of the sources of contam- drainage basin and its average discharge, the St. [...] Most of the province’s the impact of the St. [...] THE CASE OF THE EEL13 ICE FISHING IN THE SAGUENAY FJORD6 The American eel, a symbol of Great Lakes contamination and From the end of December to the middle of March at least particularly of the insecticide Mirex, has long been considered 5000 smelt and ground fish (redfish, cod and halibut) anglers unfit for human consumption. [...] The vast territory and abundance of game found along the At the end of the 1980s the Canadian Wildlife Service analyzed St. [...] Small amounts of muscle on the breast and the region of seal hunting, while on the North Shore the number absence of fat beneath the skin are indicators of possible rose to 600.