New Project Launched To Assess Environmental Health Issues Of American Indians, Alaskan Natives
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IN THIS EPA UPDATE:
Date:
Mon, 28 Oct 2002 15:42:47 -0500
From:
Stephen Tvedten <steve@getipm.com>
Organization: Get Set Inc. (www.getipm.com)
To: Paul Helliker <phelliker@cdpr.ca.gov>
Director, State of California, Department of Pesticide
Regulation
cc: Christine Whitman whitman.christine@epa.gov
IN THIS EPA UPDATE:
NEW PROJECT LAUNCHED TO ASSESS ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ISSUES OF AMERICAN INDIANS, ALASKAN NATIVES
A cooperative agreement has been reached with the National Indian Council on Aging (NICOA) to conduct a national assessment of environmental and health risks among American Indians and Alaskan Natives. The Agency awarded NICOA $85,000 to complete the project. The objective of the project is to improve the understanding of the relationship between the environment and health and the factors that can be detrimental to the health of all American Indians and Native Alaskans. A previous study indicated that American Indian elders experience 44 percent more asthma attacks than the general aging population. The circumstances which trigger asthmatic attacks will be assessed in one in a series of publications intended to increase awareness of environmental hazards common among American Indians and Alaskan Natives. Recommendations will be made on ways to address those hazards. NICOA, the nation's foremost non-profit advocate for the elders among American Indians and Alaskan Natives, promotes a better understanding of the traditional close links of these citizens to the earth and the environment. NICOA will partner with the University of New Mexico on the overall project.…
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