Health Consultation: Potential Exposure to Asbestos in Clams, Port Heiden, Alaska. EPA Facility ID: AK8570028698. Cost Recovery: A0JC, February 26, 2013

摘要

Port Heiden is a small fishing village on the Alaskan Peninsulas northern coast. Residentsmostly members of the Alutiiq communityhistorically followed a subsistence lifestyle. A part of their diet included, and still includes, fish and shellfish taken from Bristol Bay. The Port Heiden community petitioned the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) to determine whether toxic substances from the Department of Defense (DoD) property posed a current public health hazard. Current health hazard including the eroding landfill and village are addressed in more detail in a separate health consult. Residents concerns were that asbestos washed out from near-shore impoundments onto the beaches and into the clams. The residents particular concern was for stomach illnesses.