Faroe islanders told to stop eating ‘toxic’ whales
Chief medical officers of the Faroe Islands have recommended that pilot whales no longer be considered fit for human consumption, because they are toxic - as revealed by research on the Faroes themselves. In a statement to the islanders, chief medical officers Pal Weihe and Hogni Debes Joensen announced that pilot whale meat and blubber contains too much mercury, PCBs and DDT derivatives to be safe for human consumption.