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Sentinel human health indicators: to evaluate the health status of vulnerable communities.

机译:前卫人类健康指标:评估弱势社区的健康状况。

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The presence of toxic substances in the Great Lakes (GL) basin continues to be a significant concern. In the United States, some 70,000 commercial and industrial compounds are now in use. More than 30,000 are produced or used in the Great Lakes ecosystem. These substances include organochlorines (e.g., polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dioxins, furans, dieldrin, etc.), heavy metals such as methylmercury, and alkylated lead, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (e.g., benzo[a]pyrene). The IJC has identified 42 locations in the GL basin of the United States and Canada as Areas of Concern (AOCs) because of high concentrations of these toxic substances. In 1990 the U.S. Congress amended the Great Lakes Critical Programs Act to create The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) Great Lakes Human Health Effects Research Program (GLHHERP) to begin to address these issues. This program characterizes exposures to contaminants via consumption of GL fish and investigates the potential for short- and long-term adverse health effects. This paper reviews the GLHHERP program and indicators established to monitor and address the risks posed by these substances to vulnerable populations in the Great Lakes ecosystem.
机译:大湖(GL)盆地中有毒物质的存在仍然是一个重大问题。在美国,大约有70,000种商业和工业化合物正在使用中。大湖区生态系统生产或使用了3万多个。这些物质包括有机氯(例如多氯联苯(PCB),二恶英,呋喃,狄氏剂等),重金属(例如甲基汞和烷基化铅)和多环芳烃(例如苯并[a] re)。 IJC已将美国和加拿大GL盆地中的42个地点确定为关注区域(AOC),因为这些有毒物质的浓度很高。 1990年,美国国会修订了《大湖区关键计划法案》,成立了有毒物质和疾病登记局(ATSDR)大湖区人类健康影响研究计划(GLHHERP),以着手解决这些问题。该计划通过食用GL鱼来表征暴露于污染物的特性,并研究短期和长期不利健康影响的可能性。本文回顾了GLHHERP计划和建立的指标,以监测和应对这些物质对大湖生态系统中脆弱人群造成的风险。

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