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ACCORDING to information from the Eskimos, and records from Arctic travellers, bad effects may follow the consumption, by men and dogs, of the livers of polar bear, bearded seal, Greenland fox and Eskimo huskies, whereas livers of other Arctic mammals can usually be eaten without injury.
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Rodahl, K., and Moore, T., Biochem. J., 37, 166 (1943).
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RODAHL, K. Toxicity of Polar Bear Liver. Nature 164, 530–531 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164530a0
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