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Swan Hills Treatment Center: PCBs and PCDD/F in wild game and fish tissue (1999-2014)

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The Swan Hills Treatment Centre (SHTC) is a facility for the safe disposal of special wastes located approximately 12 km northeast of the town of Swan Hills, AB. On October 16, 1996, a malfunction... More ≫

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The Swan Hills Treatment Centre (SHTC) is a facility for the safe disposal of special wastes located approximately 12 km northeast of the town of Swan Hills, AB. On October 16, 1996, a malfunction of a transformer furnace was discovered to have caused the release of a portion of process gases containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) into the ambient air. These chemicals can be harmful to human health. Therefore, in 1997 Alberta Health (AH) conducted a human health risk assessment study to estimate human exposure and to evaluate the effectiveness of public health interventions. As a result of the study, food consumption advice for wild game and fish taken within a 30 km radius of the facility were issued out of concern that PCBs and PCDD/Fs were accumulating in these locally caught foods. A long-term environmental monitoring and human exposure assessment program has been ongoing since 1998 to monitor concentrations of...

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Alberta aboriginal HIV strategy, 2001-2004

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Aboriginal people are over-represented with the risk factors that lead to HIV infection and data suggest that the level of infection is rising. The HIV issues for the Aboriginal people are... More ≫

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Aboriginal people are over-represented with the risk factors that lead to HIV infection and data suggest that the level of infection is rising. The HIV issues for the Aboriginal people are serious, adding to an already complex and long-standing array of health and social challenges that face Aboriginal people and their communities. The Aboriginal HIV/AIDS Strategy presents a culturally-appropriate approach to the prevention of HIV and for the care and support of Aboriginal people with HIV/AIDS.

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