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2008 October 19 · Leave a Comment

[My apologies for the messy formatting and duplicates. I still can't get the Yahoo Pipes Cleaner to work properly. It isn't collecting all requested and doesn't clean up after itself. But the links should all work.]
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2008 May 13 · Leave a Comment

environmental change] New WWF Report Available – Arctic Climate Impact Science
Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 06:00:00 -0400 To: “ArcticInfo” Subject: New WWF Report Available – “Arctic Climate Impact Science – an Update since ACIA” The full report can be downloaded at: http://www.panda.org/arctic The World Wildlife Fund (WWF)’s International Arctic Programme announces the publication of an [...]

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2008 April 19 · Leave a Comment

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[superlative thinking, bird flu] more bird flu than …thought

[health, bird flu] Brit TV company blamed for Peruvian tribal deaths
http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/27/peru_flu_deaths/ >Brit TV company blamed for Peruvian tribal deaths Researcher carried flu, claim indigenous locals Indigenous tribes in southeastern Peru are demanding film and TV crews be banned from their territories around [...]

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More on (traditional) stone carving and lung hazards HazArt

2007 October 9 · Leave a Comment

This article comes via NationTalk, native newswire, employment and tender service
Study probes link between soapstone and cancer – Waterloo Record
Forty-six-year-old Jimmy Cookie feels dizzy and has trouble breathing every time he carves into a slab of soapstone.
Now, University of Manitoba researchers are looking at whether Cookie’s lung problems could be linked with the traditional [...]

Tags: Eskimo · HazArt · Pueblo · health

Adverse birth outcomes associated with open dumpsites in Alaska Native Villages

2006 December 2 · 3 Comments

Adverse birth outcomes associated with open dumpsites in Alaska Native Villages.
Gilbreath S, Kass PH
Am J Epidemiol. 2006 Sep 15; 164(6): 518-28

This retrospective cohort study evaluated adverse birth outcomes in infants whose birth records indicated maternal residence in villages containing dumpsites potentially hazardous to health and environment. Birth records from 1997 to 2001 identified 10,073 eligible [...]

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Small Business in Western Alaska

2006 January 11 · 3 Comments

In 2004 I set up this discussion page linked from our regular webpage that I set up through the ISP. The QuickTopic is a wonderfully easier way to update information than a regular webpage or even a blog.—

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Since 1943, the Moravian Book Store has served the peoples of the Yukon Kuskokwim [...]

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