Table 2.

Overview of mercury concentration in samples from Arctic populations.

Tissue	Species	Location	Year	Unit	Mean	Min	Max	N	Chemical Form	Source
Spleen	Inuit	Greenland	1990–1994	µg/g	0.10	0.031	0.31	35	THg	[66]
					0.02	0.0030	0.058	32	MeHg
Brain		Greenland	-		0.17	0.059	4.8	17	THg	[67]
Liver		Greenland	1990–1994		0.54	0.087	1.5	71	THg	[66]
					0.10	0.022	0.21	34	MeHg
Kidney		Greenland	1990–1994		1.4	0.024	4.9	37	THg
					0.046	0.0080	0.11	33	MeHg
Urine	General population	Norway	2003	µg/g creatinine	1.3	0.10	5.1	178	IHg	[68]
Blood	Women	Nunavut-Baffin region, Canada	1997	µg/L	6.7	0.10	34	30	THg	[69]
					6.0	0.80	29	30	Organic Hg
			2005–2007		4.0	0.52	28	99	THg
					2.4	0.20	23	99	Organic Hg
		North Slope, Alaska	1999–2003		1.1	-	-	43	THg	[63]
		Nunavik, Canada	2007		4.0	0.70	24	42
		Nunavik, Canada	2001		9.9	1.6	33	19
		Nunavik, Canada	1997		11	3.8	44	53
		Nunavik, Canada	1996		13	4.2	29	25
		Nunavik, Canada	1992		12	3.6	33	11
		Disko Bay, Greenland	2006		12	3.5	33	20
		Nuuk, Greenland	2005		3.2	0.70	20	10
		All Greenland	1999–2006		13	0.50	160	299
		Kola Peninsula, Russia	2001–2003		0.89	0.50	2.4	7
		Krasnoschelye, Russia	2001–2003		3.3	1.0	8.2	47
		Lovosero, Russia	2001–2003		7.3	1.3	29	11
Blood	Men	Krasnoschelye, Russia	2001–2003	µg/L	5.4	3.0	12	4	THg	[63]
		Lovosero, Russia	2001–2003		6.6	0.50	22	9
		Sisimiut, Greenland	2002–2003		6.5	1.4	23	52
		Qaanaag, Greenland	2003		54	2.3	240	43
		Nuuk, Greenland	2005		16	3.0	52	16
		Quegertarsuaq, Greenland	2006		22	3.5	79	35
		Narsaq, Greenland	2006		10	3.0	25	29
		All Greenland	1999–2006		20	1.4	240	314
		Norway	2003		16	0.60	30	184		[68]
Hair	Children	Qaanaaq, Greenland	1995	µg/g	5.5	-	18	43	THg	[70]
	Women				16	-	33	31
	3 year-old children	Nunavut, Canada	2007–2008		1.6	-	-	142		[71]
	Inuit children F		2007–2008		1.3	-	-	161
	Inuit children M		2007–2008		1.5	-	-	196
	Inuit children	Kivallig region, Canada	2007–2008		1.1	-	-	133
		Baffin region, Canada	2007–2008		2.1	-	-	158
		Kitikmeot region, Canada	2007–2008		0.52	-	-	70

THg: Total mercury compounds; MeHg: methylmercury; IHg: inorganic mercury compounds; N: total number of samples.