Journal article
Abandoned Mid-Canada Radar Line sites in the Western James region of Northern Ontario, Canada: A source of organochlorines for First Nations people?
Abstract
The potential exists for human exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and other contaminants originating from abandoned Mid-Canada Radar Line (MCRL) sites in sub-arctic Canada. We examined patterns of differences with respect to body burden of organochlorines (lipid-adjusted) between residents of the Ontario First Nations of Fort Albany (the site of MCRL Site 050) and Kashechewan (no radar base) and Hamilton (an industrial, southern …
Authors
Tsuji LJS; Wainman BC; Martin ID; Weber J-P; Sutherland C; Nieboer E
Journal
The Science of The Total Environment, Vol. 370, No. 2-3, pp. 452–466
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
November 2006
DOI
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.07.033
ISSN
0048-9697