Alaska: State Calculations Of Cultural Survival In Environmental Risk Assessment: Consequences ...

Alaska: State Calculations Of Cultural Survival In Environmental Risk Assessment: Consequences For Alaska Natives Joslyn Cassady, 2010   In 2007, the Alaska Division of Public Health issued their first-ever fish consumption advisory to reduce exposure to methylmercury. Interestingly, they utilized a toxicity level in their calculations of risk that is four times higher than the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) level, arguing that the EPA's calculation is “inappropriately...

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