Abandoned Mid-Canada Radar Line Site 500 in the Western Hudson Bay region of sub-Arctic, Canada: A source of organochlorines for the people of Weenusk First Nation?

• Main Author: Bertrand, John
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Waterloo 2008
• Subjects: first nation; organochlorines; mid-canada radar line; Environmental and Resource Studies; Arctic; Canada; Fort Albany; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Kashechewan; Peawanuck; First Nations
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/3771

Interest in the presence of environmental contaminants in the Canadian arctic and sub-arctic arises in part over concerns that Aboriginal people residing in these regions continue to rely on subsistence harvesting. Organochlorines (OCs) are a type of persistent organic pollutant (POP) that have a un...