About the CHEF research

This page provides general background on the Faroe Islands and highlights the advantages of research in environmental epidemiology at this setting. The Faroe Islands are located in the North Atlantic, northwest of Shetland, in between Iceland and Norway. The islands...

Welcome to the CHEF Project homepage

Objectives The CHEF research projects focus on the health of children and adults in the Faroe Islands with emphasis on the impact of seafood diet and marine contaminants. The overall aim is to assess exposures to environmental chemicals at different life stages and to...

Unpublished Tables

Unpublished Tables If you have difficulty downloading any of these files, you can request assistance here Here we present materials developed at the request of governmental officials and an expert committee of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences The NAS expert group...

Scientific Approach

SCIENTIFIC APPROACH IN THE CHEF PROJECT Toxicological evidence suggests that humans are much more vulnerable to adverse effects from exposures to pollutants that occur during development, i.e., prenatally or in early childhood. However, the adverse effects may not be...

Science Articles

Science Articles If you have difficulty downloading any of these files, you can request assistance here Timmermann CA, Choi AL, Petersen MS, Nielsen F, Budtz-Jørgensen E, Weihe P, Grandjean P. Secondary sex ratio in relation to exposures to polychlorinated biphenyls,...