ACAT FOIA Repository 286

Document: ACAT FOIA Repository 286, Date Received February 2024
Year: 2022
Page(s): 94
Document Title: ATSDR Health Consultation, Northeast Cape Formerly Used Defense Site, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska
Agency/Organization: US Dept. of Health & Human Services (ATSDR), NVS

Document Summary:
This health consultation completed by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry focuses on assessing the Northeast Cape Formerly Used Defense Sites for exposure to contaminats that may be harmful to St. Lawrence Island residents. The ATSDR concludes that, while traditional practions of fishing, harvesting, and eating natural foods for three months of the year are not expected to harm people's health. However, ATSDR recommends that the community evaluate long-term exposures should Northeast Cape become a year-round community. Lastly, ATSDR reports that there is little evidence that exposures from Northeast Cape are contributing to community cancer and birth defect rates.