Project Title: Multiple Toxic Chemical Exposures at the Aamjiwnaang First Nations Reserve

Chemicals Studied: Metals, PFCs, PAHs

Geographic Areas: Lake Huron and Lake Erie corridor

Project Start Date: August 2010

Project Status: Ongoing

Synopsis: This project expends on a pilot study on neurodevelopmental health on the Aamjiwnaang First Nations Reserve by: (i) engaging two additional nearby communities (210 participants) to help tease apart public health issues that may be influenced by proximity to industrial sources, ethnic background, and lifestyle; and (ii) to collect ecological samples (i.e., yard soil, house dust, tap water, produce) from each participating household to better elucidate deposition-fate-exposure pathways.

Potential Results and Implications: As a combined human-ecological study, the proposed approach is unique and holistic and will lead to an overall improvement in the understanding of chemical exposures in the Aamjiwnaang First Nations Reserve as well as nearby communities along the Huron-Erie corridor.

Project Contact:
Niladri Basu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Environmental Health Sciences
University of Michigan
Phone: (734) 764-9490
Email: niladri@umich.edu