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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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Continuing care capital program. Indigenous capital grant funding

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The Continuing Care Capital Program provides capital grant funding program to increase continuing care spaces in Alberta. The Indigenous stream of the Program supports the development of... More ≫

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The Continuing Care Capital Program provides capital grant funding program to increase continuing care spaces in Alberta. The Indigenous stream of the Program supports the development of continuing care spaces for Indigenous peoples in Alberta, increasing continuing care capacity for Indigenous populations on or off reserves or on or off Metis Settlements. Documents in this package include an outline the application process, a guide with information to assist applicants in the preparation and completion of the business case application form, and the application form itself. The deadline for submissions was December 17, 2021.

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