Indiana University: $2.9M NIH Grant Funds Study of Toxic Pollutants' Effects on Indigenous Community in Alaska
July 29, 2021
July 29, 2021
BLOOMINGTON, Indiana, July 29 (TNSGra) -- Indiana University issued the following news release:
On Alaska's St. Lawrence Island, members of the Indigenous Yupik community follow many of the traditional cultural practices that have sustained their people for centuries in the harsh, Arctic climate. Yet despite their remote location deep in the Bering Sea, their land, water, traditional food sources and bodies carry the toxic burden of modern life.
Industrial chemical . . .
On Alaska's St. Lawrence Island, members of the Indigenous Yupik community follow many of the traditional cultural practices that have sustained their people for centuries in the harsh, Arctic climate. Yet despite their remote location deep in the Bering Sea, their land, water, traditional food sources and bodies carry the toxic burden of modern life.
Industrial chemical . . .