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Swan Hills Waste treatment center : long-term follow-up health assessment program : wild game and fish monitoring, 1997-2012

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The Swan Hills Treatment Centre is a facility for the safe disposal of special wastes located approximately 12 kilometers northeast of the town of Swan Hills. A furnace malfunction in October 1996... More ≫

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The Swan Hills Treatment Centre is a facility for the safe disposal of special wastes located approximately 12 kilometers northeast of the town of Swan Hills. A furnace malfunction in October 1996 caused the release of a portion of process gases containing toxic substances into the ambient air. A 1997 Alberta Health human health risk assessment study led to the establishment of several food consumption advisories and the establishment of a long-term environmental monitoring and human exposure assessment program. This report discusses the results from several ongoing studies, reviews the food consumption advisories, and makes recommendations for continued monitoring and some changes to the wild game consumption advisories. It was recommended that the current fish consumption advisories remain the same.

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Swan Hills Treatment Center : wild game and fish monitoring 1997-2007

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The Swan Hills Treatment Centre is a facility for the safe disposal of special wastes located approximately 12 kilometers northeast of the town of Swan Hills. A furnace malfunction in October 1996... More ≫

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The Swan Hills Treatment Centre is a facility for the safe disposal of special wastes located approximately 12 kilometers northeast of the town of Swan Hills. A furnace malfunction in October 1996 caused the release of a portion of process gases containing toxic substances into the ambient air. A 1997 Alberta Health human health risk assessment study led to the establishment of several food consumption advisories and the establishment of a long-term environmental monitoring and human exposure assessment program. This report discusses the results from several ongoing studies and reviews current food consumption advisories

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Swan Hills Waste treatment center : long-term follow-up health assessment program, 1997-2002

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The Swan Hills Treatment Centre is a facility for the safe disposal of special wastes located approximately 12 kilometers northeast of the town of Swan Hills. A furnace malfunction in October 1996... More ≫

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The Swan Hills Treatment Centre is a facility for the safe disposal of special wastes located approximately 12 kilometers northeast of the town of Swan Hills. A furnace malfunction in October 1996 caused the release of a portion of process gases containing toxic substances into the ambient air. A 1997 Alberta Health human health risk assessment study led to the establishment of several food consumption advisories and the establishment of a long-term environmental monitoring and human exposure assessment program. This report discusses the results from several ongoing studies that have been conducted to date.

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Swan Hills Special Waste Treatment Center human health impact assessment

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The Swan Hills Treatment Centre is a facility for the safe disposal of special wastes located approximately 12 kilometers northeast of the town of Swan Hills. A furnace malfunction in October 1996... More ≫

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The Swan Hills Treatment Centre is a facility for the safe disposal of special wastes located approximately 12 kilometers northeast of the town of Swan Hills. A furnace malfunction in October 1996 caused the release of a portion of process gases containing toxic substances into the ambient air. As a precautionary measure, Alberta Health issued a local food consumption advisory for wild game and fish and followed this with a detailed human impact assessment carried out from December 1996 to October 1997. The human impact assessment was designed to document the current status of exposure and to address questions about population exposures arising from accidental and fugitive emissions of PCBs, dioxins and furans from the waste treatment plant. This report presents the findings of the assessment. As a result of the assessment, Alberta Health determined that continued restrictions on the consumption of wild game and fish contaminated with PCBs and dioxins/furans are warranted.

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