Principal Investigator:Chan, Laurie H. M. Licensed Year(s):20212020
2019
20182017 Summary:
The Health Effects Monitoring Program is a human biomonitoring study aimed to assess the exposure and health impact of arsenic and other contaminants on the human population of Yellowknife, Ndilo and Dettah in the Northwest Territories, as part of the Giant Mine Remediation Project.
The overall objective of the program is to establish current or baseline levels of arsenic exposure among residen...
Principal Investigator:Fawcett, Skya Licensed Year(s):2007
2006
2005 Summary:
Antimony originating from the operation of the Giant Mine will be studied to determine mobility, speciation, movement in the environment, and the geochemical controls on its release and attenuation.
Dialysis arrays (peepers) will be used to collect pore waters from Baker Creek and Baker Pond on the Giant Mine site, and corers will be used to collect six cores from three aqueous environments on ...
Principal Investigator:Christensen, Jill Licensed Year(s):
1995
19941993 Summary:
The researchers will continue to collect information on the consumption patterns in traditional and store-bought foods as well as lifestyle patterns (e.g., fishing and hunting activities, health beliefs, traditional food use) of residents of N'Dilo and Dettah. This information will be combined with results from the BAck Bay Fish Study (contaminants in fish) in order that human health implications ...