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HEC3: Exposure to Potentially Hazardous Materials
Outcomes
- Morbidity and mortality from physical hazards (i.e. radiation, noise, light)
- Morbidity and mortality from materials hazards (existing air, water, and soil hazards)
- Morbidity and mortality from project-specific hazards (dependent on project type, i.e. coal dust for a coal mining project)
Indicators
- Human biomonitoring data
- Subsistence food contaminant levels
- Water quality monitoring data
- Drinking water quality data
- Air quality monitoring/modeling data
- Soil quality/contamination data
- Presence of public water systems
- Existing contaminated sites
Commonly used data sources
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Alaska Public Health Assessments and Health Consultations
- Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Air Quality
- Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Environmental Health
- Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Spill Prevention and Response, Contaminated Sites Program
- Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Water
- Alaska Department of Health, Environmental Public Health Program, Fish Consumption Guidelines
- Alaska Department of Health, Environmental Public Health Program, Safety of Subsistence Resources
- Alaska Department of Health Epi Bulletins (various topic areas)
- Alaska Health Facilities Data Reporting Program
- Alaska Lead Surveillance Program
- Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Community Environment & Health
- Alaska Statewide Hair Mercury Biomonitoring Program
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC WONDER
- National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
- United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10-Alaska