Mercury exposure through subsistence hunted land and sea mammals among Alaskan natives

• Main Author: Feng, Emilie
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Lawrence Island; St Lawrence Island; Alaska
• Online Access: http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/35526/; http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/35526/1/Mercury_Exposure_Subsistence_Hunting-2018-12-Feng-Edit.docx

Subsistence hunting provides cultural, economic and nutritional benefits to Alaska Natives. However, there is concern among Alaska Natives about pollution in subsistence foods following the discovery of chemical leaching from former military sites on St. Lawrence Island. Elevated levels of mercury h...