print email comment close Faroe Islands: Message From the Sea URL: http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/faroe605/ Description: Companion website to a 2007 PBS Frontline World program about a "landmark 20-year study of Faroese children [that] has found that high levels of methyl mercury and other contaminants in the whale meat are harmful to a child's neurological development." Provides background about the Faroe Islands (a "self-governing protectorate of Denmark") and its history of whale hunting, whaling policy, mercury, and related topics. Also includes a photo essay and sound clips of Faroese music. Publisher: WGBH Extra Keywords pilot whales Public Broadcasting Service LII Database Information: Record 24166 created by Jennifer English on 07/19/2007 Last modification on 07/23/2007 Published: 07/25/2007   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24166