Contaminants at Arctic Formerly Used Defense Sites

• Published in: Journal of Local and Global Health Science
• Main Authors: C. R. Alexander, D. O. Carpenter, J. Arnason, J. Gologergen, J. Kava, J. R. Chiarenzelli, K. Zamzow, K. Zweifel, P. K. Miller, R. J. Scrudato, V. Waghiyi
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Journal of Local and Global Health Science 2012
• Subjects: Energy and Environment; Health; Arctic; Bering Sea; Lawrence Island; Norton Sound; Northeast Cape; St Lawrence Island; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5339/jlghs.2012.2

This study was conducted in order to determine if the source of contaminants at formerly used defense sites (FUDS) in Alaska were deposited as a result of military occupancy or from long-distance transport. This determination largely influences whether remediation will occur, and, if so, to what ext...