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Take Action to Protect D-1 Lands! Submit a comment
Please join us in protecting our lands, waters, and the health of Alaska Native communities. For present and future generations, we need to protect these beautiful and critical places from exploitation and extraction! ANCSA 17(d)(1) Withdrawals Draft EIS The Bureau of Land Management is receiving public comments on the ANCSA (Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act) 17(d)(1) Withdrawals Draft Environmental Impact Statement until February 14, 2024, at 10 pm AKST. Nearly 28 million acres of “D-1 lands” across Alaska are being evaluated concerning potential impacts of removing protections by changing their withdrawn status to mineral priority status. Removing these protections ...
Publications
Differential gene expression and developmental pathologies associated with persistent organic pollutants in sentinel fish in Troutman Lake, Sivuqaq, Alaska
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are lipophilic compounds that bioaccumulate in animals and biomagnify within food webs. Many POPs are endocrine disrupting compounds that impact vertebrate development. POPs accumulate in the Arctic via global distillation and thereby impact high trophic level vertebrates as well as people who live a subsistence lifestyle. The Arctic also contains thousands of point sources of pollution, such as formerly used defense (FUD) sites. Sivuqaq (St. Lawrence Island), Alaska was used by the U.S. military during the Cold War and FUD sites on the island remain point sources of POP contamination. We examined the effects of POP exposure on ninespine stickleback (Pungitius pungitius) ...
Webinars
Chemical Exposures and Children’s Mental Health
On Thursday, March 28 at 12:00 PM (AKST), CHE-Alaska will host Dr. Ashley James and Viola “Vi” Waghiyi to discuss environmental chemical exposures and their impact on children’s mental health. CHE-Alaska is part of CHE's broader network, which is an international partnership of almost 5,000 individuals and organizations in 87 countries and all 50 US states that are committed to addressing environmental impacts on human health across the lifespan. We encourage you to become a CHE partner so you can receive their monthly email newsletters, announcements about upcoming webinars, and other updates on a range of environmental health topics. ...