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Reports
	NEW! Coal Ash in Alaska: Our Health, Our Right to Know (February 2011) Waste from coal-fired power plants in the Fairbanks area have been disposed of with virtually no restrictions for decades. Samples of coal ash collected in the Fairbanks area in June 2010 were found to contain a range of toxic heavy metals including arsenic, vanadium, and mercury. In almost every case, the levels of toxic chemicals were found to be much higher than background soil samples.
	Mind, Disrupted: How Toxic Chemicals May Change How We Think and Who We Are (February 2010) Twelve leaders from the Learning and Developmental Disability community stepped forward to have their bodies tested for the presence of a set of chemicals known or suspected to be neurotoxic or endocrine disrupting. Mind, Disrupted is a synthesis of the test results and the experiences of participants.
	Hazardous Chemicals in Health Care: A Snapshot of Chemicals in Doctors and Nurses (November 2009) Details the first ever investigation of chemicals found in the bodies of health care professionals, including two Alaskan participants. The project tested for 62 chemicals that are used in products common to the health care setting.
	Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Arctic: Report for the Delegates of the 4th Conference of the Parties Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (2009)
	Lindane: Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Alternatives (April 2009)
	Is It In Us? Toxic Trespass, Regulatory Failure & Opportunities for Action (2007) Toxic chemicals from everyday products contaminate the bodies of every person in this country. Thirty-five Americans from seven states participated in this national biomonitoring project to measure toxic chemicals in the bodies of average Americans.
	A Survey of Waste Management Practices at Alaska’s Health Care Facilities: A Report to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (January 2005)
	The Nuclear Reactor at Fort Greely (May 2000) An investigative report by Alaska Community Action on Toxics for Delta Junction, Alaska.

Chemical Fact Sheets

Fact sheets on chemicals of concern describing common sources of the chemical, how the chemical may affect human health, and ways to reduce exposure.

Publications by Topic

Biomonitoring

Mind, Disrupted: How Toxic Chemicals May Change How We Think and Who We Are
(February 2010)
Hazardous Chemicals in Health Care: A Snapshot of Chemicals in Doctors and Nurses
(November 2010)

Is It In Us? Toxic Trespass, Regulatory Failure & Opportunities for Action (2007)

Coal

Health Care

Hazardous Chemicals in Health Care: A Snapshot of Chemicals in Doctors and Nurses (November 2009

Environmental Health Care Toolkit (April 2009)
Poster: Protecting our Health in Alaska (2009)
Diabetes - The Role of Persistent Toxic Chemicals in the Complex Disease (April 2008)
Body of Evidence - Reproductive Health and the Environment (March 2008)
A Survey of Waste Management Practices at Alaska’s Health Care Facilities (January 2005)

Home and Garden

ACAT has developed the following resources to help you avoid exposure to everyday products that contain harmful chemicals.

Browse our chemical fact sheets to learn more about how common chemicals may affect human health and ways to reduce your exposure.

Military

Comments to U.S. Army on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Resumption of Year- Round Firing Opportunities on Fort Richardson (June 14, 2010)

Formerly Used Defense Sites in the Norton Sound Region: Location, History of Use, Contaminants Present, and Status of Clean-up Efforts (July 2006)

The Nuclear Reactor at Fort Greely (May 2000) An investigative report by Alaska Community Action on Toxics for Delta Junction, Alaska.
Nuclear Flashback– Return to Amchitka (1996) A report by Alaska Community Action on Toxics.
Nuclear Flashback Part II. The Threat of the U.S. Nuclear Complex (February, 1998) A report by Nuclear-Free-Weapons America and the Alaska Community Action on Toxics.

Mining

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