Environmental Health Publications

Human health risk assessment reports

• Guidance on Human Health Risk Assessment for Environmental Impact Assessment in Alberta  2011
• Mercury in fish
  • Mercury in Fish in Southern Alberta Rivers and Lakes 2009
  • Mercury in Fish in Southern Alberta – Pine Coulee and Twin Valley 2009
  • Mercury in Fish – Regional Aquatics Monitoring Program (RAMP) 2009
  • Mercury in Fish in Central Alberta – Lac la Nonne and Lac Ste Anne 2009
  • Common questions about methylmercury levels in Alberta fish 2009
• Swan Hills Treatment Centre
  • Long-term Follow-up Health Assessment Program 1997-2007 2009
  • Long-term Follow-up Health Assessment Program 1997-2002 2004
  • Human Health Impact Assessment 1997

Community assessments and other reports

• Wood Buffalo Environmental Association Human Exposure Monitoring Program 2006
  • Fort Mackay Summary Report 2008
  • Fort McMurray, First Nations Gregoire Lake / Anzac Report 2008
  • 2006 Technical Report 2008
• Wood Buffalo Environmental Association Human Exposure Monitoring Program 2005
  • Methods and Monitoring Report 2007
  • Summary Report 2007

• Assessment of the potential Lifetime Cancer Risks Associated with Exposure to Inorganic Arsenic among the Indigenous People Living in the Wood Buffalo Region of Alberta 2007

• Wabamun and Area Community Exposure and Health Effects Assessment Program
  • Final Report and Summary Report 2006

• Alberta Biomonitoring Program – Chemicals in Serum of Pregnant Women 2005 2008
• Health Effects Associated with Short-term Exposure to Low Levels of Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) – A Technical Review 2006
• Environmental Public Health Field Manual for Private, Public and Communal Drinking Water Systems in Alberta: Second Edition 2004
• Fort Saskatchewan and Area Community Exposure and Health Effects Assessment Program 2003
• Health Effects Associated with Short-Term Exposure to Low Levels of Hydrogen Sulphide (H2S) 2002
• The Grande Prairie and Area Community Exposure and Health Effects Assessment Program 2002

• The Alberta Oil Sands Community Exposure and Health Effects Assessment Program
  • Methods Report 2000
  • Technical Report 2000
  • Summary Report 2000

• Your Air, Your Health – A Major New Study Tests the Quality of Air and Human Health in Fort McMurray 2000
• Arsenic in Groundwater from Domestic Wells in Three Areas of Northern Alberta 2000
• Assessing Air Quality in High Level, Report 1: A Preliminary Analysis of Physician Visits and Air Particulate Date 1999
• Maternal Risk Factors in Relationship to Birth Outcomes 1999
• Northern River Basins Human Health Monitoring Program 1999
• Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxin & Polychlorinated Dibenzofuran in Cow's Milk near Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta 1998
• Assessment of Respiratory Disorders in Relation to Solution Gas Flaring Activities in Alberta 1998
• Geographic and Temporal Variations of Selected Respiratory Diseases in Strathcona County and Fort Saskatchewan 1996

More information

Related websites

• Parkland Airshed Management Zone (PAMZ) – Alberta
• Clean Air Strategic Alliance
• Canadian Society for International Health

Federal sites for environmental standards

• Canada Wide Standards
• Environment Canada

International sites on environment and health

• Agency for Toxic Substances and Diseases Registry – USA
• U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Medline plus- National Institutes of Health and the U.S. National Library of Medicine
• World Health Organization