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Career Opportunity: Project Assistant
Summary If you’ve got a burning desire to change the world, we’ve got a job for you. Join our small-but-mighty team that’s punching above its weight to win environmental justice and a climate-stable future for Alaska and the world. You’ll be part of a tight-knit, supportive team that loves coming to work every day to…
Read MoreCareer Opportunity: Environmental Justice Organizer
Summary If you are passionate about environmental, reproductive, and social justice, this could be your dream job! Join our small-but-mighty team that’s punching above its weight to win environmental justice and a climate-stable future for Alaska and the world. You’ll be part of a tight-knit, supportive team that loves coming to work every day to…
Read MorePollution and the planet: perspectives on being outside the ‘Safe Operating Space’
CHE-Alaska’s June 29 webinar was a presentation on Pollution & the planet: perspectives on being outside the ‘Safe Operating Space’ from the co-author Dr. Sarah Cornell from the Stockholm Resilience Centre. The more that scientists understand about global environmental changes, the more we recognize the role of life in shaping the dynamics of the Earth…
Read MoreNew PFAS Test Results Reveal Water Contamination in Anchorage and Fairbanks
ACAT’s testing shows 12 popular lakes in Anchorage and Fairbanks North Star Borough are polluted with toxic PFAS chemicals, which are linked with liver and kidney damage, reproductive and development harm, immune system impairment, and certain cancers PFAS was found in Anchorage lakes including DeLong Lake, Little Campbell Lake, Sand Lake, Sundi Lake, and Spenard…
Read MorePFAS and PBDEs in traditional subsistence foods from Sivuqaq, Alaska
The Arctic is a hemispheric sink for both legacy and current use persistent organic pollutants (POPs). Once in the Arctic, POPs biomagnify in food webs, potentially reaching concentrations in high trophic level animals that pose a health concern for people who subsist on those animals. Indigenous Peoples of the Arctic may be highly exposed to…
Read MorePFAS in drinking water and serum of the people of a southeast Alaska community: A pilot study
This study assessed PFAS exposure in Gustavus, a small southeast Alaska community, located near a significant PFAS source from airport operations and fire training sites. Our results confirm the presence of a significant PFAS source and suggest that contaminated drinking water from private wells contributes to the overall PFAS body burden in Gustavus residents.
Read MoreElevated mercury and PCB concentrations in Dolly Varden (Salvelinus malma) collected near a formerly used defense site on Sivuqaq, Alaska
Sivuqaq’s proximity to Russia made it a strategic location for U.S. military defense sites during the Cold War. Our results suggest that the Northeast Cape FUD site remains a significant point source of mercury and PCB pollution and contributes to higher concentrations in resident fish, including subsistence species. Moreover, elevated Hg and PCB levels in…
Read More“Pesticide-Free Anchorage” – Protecting our neighborhoods, parks, watersheds, and health
“Pesticide Free Anchorage” – Protecting our neighborhoods, parks, watersheds, and health What can you do if harmful pesticides are being used near your home, school, or workplace? Concerned about spraying of spruce beetles and mosquitos in your neighborhood? On Wednesday February 17 at 6:00 PM, ACAT is hosting a virtual gathering to learn about existing…
Read MoreGlyphosate – Bad for Weeds but Also Bad for People and Pets
“Do I love my lawn more than I love my family and my neighbors?” Gardening guru Jeff Lowenfels asks a good question in his weekly column: “Do I love my (weed-free) lawn more than I love my family and my neighbors?” Glyphosate, the main ingredient in Round-Up and other weed-and-feed formulations, is deadly to dandelions…
Read MoreHelp ACAT Celebrate Rachel Carson’s Birthday!
Virtual event will feature environmental justice activists from Alaska and around the world You can sign up here. Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring,” an exposé of the link between toxic pesticide DDT and the decline in songbird populations and other environmental harms, is widely regarded as the impetus for the rise of the global environmental movement.…
Read MoreSpraying for Spruce Bark Beetle & ACAT’s Carbaryl Fact Sheet
Spruce bark beetle continue to damage and kill spruce trees around the Anchorage bowl and across Southcentral Alaska. The question often asked is, what if anything can one do about it? Or perhaps, what SHOULDN’T we do about it. Many commercial companies use pesticide sprays and root drenches that contain carbaryl, a chemical known to…
Read MoreCampaign to Protect Alaskans’ Drinking Water from PFAS Ramps Up
At least a dozen Alaskan communities have PFAS-contaminated drinking water . . . and Gov. Dunleavy has refused to help Read Pam Miller’s Op-Ed in the Juneau Empire to learn more about how ACAT is helping Alaskans with toxic PFAS in their drinking water and the legislation that would begin to address the problem. Op-Ed…
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