Download or read book Health Effects Associated with Solid Waste Disposal in Alaska Native Villages written by Susan Vibeke Maria Gilbreath and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Solid waste management is severely deficient in many Alaska Native (AN) villages. Little is known about potential health effects to residents of these remote villages with respect to solid waste disposal (SWD). In the summer of 2000, a retrospective cohort study with cross-sectional components was used to evaluate the risk of experiencing self-reported health symptoms relative to exposure to SWD practices in four AN villages. Significant risks for symptoms were detected for: residence within? mile of a dumpsite, odor complaints, burning of trash, frequency of burning, number of visits to the dumpsite, and subsistence practices. Retrospective cohort studies were used to evaluate the risks of negative birth outcomes in infants whose birth records indicated maternal residence in villages that had been identified as containing dumpsites that pose an intermediate or high hazard potential to health. Birth records from 1997-2001 were used to identify infants born to mothers who resided in AN villages with dumpsite rankings. Negative birth outcomes examined first included: low and very low birth weight, preterm birth, and small for gestational age (SGA). Mothers from villages with intermediate and high hazard dumpsites had a higher proportion of low birth weight infants than mothers from villages with low hazard dumpsites. On average, infants weighed less and pregnancies were shorter in mothers from villages with higher hazard dumpsites compared to the referent category. No differences were detected across exposure levels for incidences of for other outcomes. Rates of fetal and neonatal deaths and congenital anomalies in infants with respect to the hazard rankings of dumpsites were also examined. The most highly weighted hazard factors were also used as predictors of adverse pregnancy outcomes. No differences in rates were detected across exposure levels, although adjusted estimates were positive in most congenital anomaly categories. Infants born to mothers residing in villages with high hazard dumpsite contents were more likely to have other congenital defects than infants in the referent category. Other hazard factors were not significant predictors for any outcomes examined. These are the first studies to evaluate potential health effects related to open dumpsites and SWD practices in AN villages.
Download or read book Alaska Native Village Air Quality Fact Sheet Series written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Water and Sanitation Problems in Alaska written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Indian Affairs (1993- ) and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Open Dumps in Alaska The Need for Public Health Action written by Jacqueline Shirley and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Solid Waste Management is severely deficient in rural Alaska. The majority of rural communities have unpermitted Class III landfills for waste disposal. These unpermitted landfills are commonly known as open dumps. Open dumps increase human health risks by exposure to solid and hazardous materials, including pathogens from human excreta disposed at dump sites due to lack of adequate solid waste, water and sewer facilities. Current federal and state policies lack adequate public health policies or public health actions to address this deficiency. This project analyzed five solid waste management policies that affect rural Alaska and provided three policy options and one public health action recommendation, including: 1. Transferring Authority for Un-permitted Class III Landfills 2. Developing a Statewide Solid Waste Policy 3. Establishing a Solid Waste Fund for Unmet Needs 4. Implementing a Public Health Approach
Download or read book The Management of Open Dumps in Rural Alaska The Continuing Need for Public Health Action written by Jacqueline D. Shirley and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Solid Waste Management is severely deficient in rural Alaska. The majority of rural communities have unpermitted Class III landfills for waste disposal. These unpermitted landfills are commonly known as open dumps. Open dumps increase human health risks by exposure to solid and hazardous materials, including pathogens from human excreta disposed at dump sites due to lack of adequate solid waste, water and sewer facilities. Current federal and state policies lack adequate public health policies or public health actions to address this deficiency. This project analyzed five solid waste management policies that affect rural Alaska and provided three policy options and one public health action recommendation, including: 1. Transferring Authority for Unpermitted Class III Landfills. 2. Developing a Statewide Solid Waste Policy. 3. Establishing a Solid Waste Fund for unmet needs. 4. Implementing a Public Health Approach.
Download or read book Water Quality Problems in Alaska written by Blucher A. Poole and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Removal of Home Barrel Burning in the Native Alaskan Villages written by United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Region X. Air Tribal Program and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Indian Health Issues Anchorage Alaska written by United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Indian Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Water and Sanitation Issues in Rural Alaska written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Indian Affairs (1993- ) and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Water and Sanitation Problems in Alaska written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Indian Affairs (1993- ) and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Catalog of Hazardous and Solid Waste Publications written by United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1995 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Assessment of Contaminant Concentrations and Transport Pathways in Rural Alaska Communities Solid Waste and Wastewater Sites written by Edda Mutter and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Waste management practices currently employed in many rural Alaska communities are potentially contributing to human and environmental health impacts, and this problem may be exacerbated with the anticipated warming climate. For rural communities, factors that contribute to insufficient waste management practices include climate and environmental conditions, limitation of federal and state capital funding for construction, and the continuing financial burden associated with providing adequate operations and maintenance. As a response, federal regulatory exemptions are granted for construction and design of solid waste sites and limited state regulations are in place for wastewater discharge criteria. Due to the absence of proper site assessment and monitoring, very little is known about the fate and transport of point source pollutants arising from these wastewater and solid waste sites. Moreover, these fate and transport processes may be susceptible to changes resulting from human activity or a warming climate. Thus, this knowledge gap associated with waste-related pollutants in rural Alaska could obscure potential threats to human and environmental health by concealing impacts to freshwater systems. This research was intended to achieve a better understanding of rural Alaska waste leachate compositions by evaluating contaminant prevalence and diversity, quantifying contaminant concentration levels, and evaluating their potential migration into nearby freshwater systems. Over the course of three years, waste sites at five rural Alaska communities were sampled and tested for heavy metals, organic constituents, and microbial indicator organisms. The purpose of the analysis was to evaluate the impact of waste sites on soil, surface, and subsurface waters in the vicinity of the sites. The resulting findings are assembled into three chapters describing 1) the assessment of heavy metal leachate in rural Alaska solid waste sites, 2) the identification of new emerging organic pollutants in rural Alaska waste sites, and 3) the partitioning and transport behavior of pathogen indicator organisms in cold regions. The research outcome of E.coli and Enterococcus sp. were observed in waste impacted water and soil samples, heavy metal migration into nearby freshwaters, and pharmaceuticals, phthalates, and benzotriazole in waste impacted water samples. The research findings highlight the need to apply state regulations to remove potentially hazardous components from rural Alaska wastewater and municipal solid waste streams. Additionally, there is a need to establish effective solid waste and wastewater leachate monitoring and assessment strategies for active and closed rural Alaska waste sites.
Download or read book Arctic Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One issue each year devoted to the annual report.
Download or read book Recent Trends in Solid Waste Management written by Balasubramani Ravindran and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2023-07-03 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent Trends in Solid Waste Management presents comprehensive information on recent advances in solid waste treatment and management processes. The book covers a wide range of topics related to solid waste treatment, disposal and handling. Readers will also learn about up-to-date/background information on global annual solid waste generation and effective waste management strategies (recycle, reuse, remediate). Furthermore, future study directions (open questions) are identified. This book will assist both the academic and industrial communities by providing extensive information on waste separation procedures and technologies for solid waste treatment. - Covers a wide range of topics related to solid waste treatment methods, including new treatment systems - Provides a thorough overview of the processing and disposal of solid and hazardous waste generated during the COVID-19 pandemic - Highlights innovative technologies that make it easier to recover value-added materials and generate bioelectricity from solid waste
Download or read book Expro written by United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Research and Monitoring and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Final Report on the Alaska Native Sanitation Facilities for the City of Wainwright Alaska written by United States. Public Health Service and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Project AN-72-925 provided a 1,000,000-gallon water storage tank and two all-terrain vehicles (ATV) with custom-built water, wastewater, and solid waste hauling units. Funds were also contributed towards constructing a garage for the ATV units. Project AN-74-146 provided emergency funds to develop a new structure to shelter the ATV hauling units after a fire destroyed the original structure.
Download or read book Final Report Alaska Native Sanitation Facilities for Hughes Alaska written by Alaska Area Native Health Service. Office of Environmental Health and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
