High levels of PCB, DDT in Norwegian whale meat

Wednesday, May 8, 2002 at 09:30 JST TOKYO ? Polychlorinated biphenyl (PC and dichloro diphenyl trichloro ethane (DDT) levels of up to 40 times the amounts deemed acceptable by Japan have been detected in Norwegian whale meat, Japanese environmental conservation groups said Tuesday, citing a report by Greenpeace in Germany.

As Japan plans to begin again importing whale meat from Norway this year, the groups submitted a request to the Norwegian Embassy in Tokyo for the suspension of Norwegian whale meat exports, and asked the health ministry to adopt more stringent standards with regard to acceptable chemical levels in whale meat. (Kyodo News)

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