Community-based participatory research projects and policy engagement to protect environmental health on St Lawrence Island, Alaska

Figures & data

Fig. 1 Map of St Lawrence Island, Alaska, showing both villages and the formerly used defense site (FUDS) at Northeast Cape.

Fig. 2 Comparison of contaminant levels at 5 sites in SPMDs from the Suqi River on St Lawrence Island, Alaska, 2007 and 2008.

Fig. 3 Percent of total PCBs by congener in SPMD samples for 2007 from the Suqi River, St Lawrence Island, Alaska.

Fig. 4 Percent of total PCBs by congener in SPMD samples for 2008, from the Suqi River, St Lawrence Island, Alaska.

Fig. 5 Organochlorine pesticide levels at 5 sites in SPMD samples for 2007 from the Suqi River, St Lawrence Island, Alaska.

Fig. 6 Organochlorine pesticide levels in 5 sites in SPMD samples for 2008 from the Suqi River, St Lawrence Island, Alaska.

Fig. 7 Concentrations of PCBs in 5 blackfish samples from the Suqi River, St Lawrence Island, Alaska.

Fig. 8 Photo of Viola “Vi” Waghiyi, Yupik from St Lawrence Island and Environmental Health and Justice Program Director, Alaska Community Action on Toxics.