Wood Buffalo Environmental Association Human Exposure Monitoring Program

Recommendations 1. Continued implementation of the Human Exposure Monitoring Program A primary purpose of the program is to attempt to determine the effects of exposure of airborne contaminants particularly the effect of outdoor or ambient levels on human health. [...] The detection limits for the compounds investigated (assuming a 7-day sample) are listed in the third column of Table 2. Columns 4 to 6 in the table show the fraction of the measurements (or monitors) that were below the detection limits. [...] Locations were selected after carefully determining the layout of the home, based on the daily habits of the participant, the type of dwelling (home, apartment, etc.), and the outside layout of the yard or grounds. [...] The field teams are responsible in drawing a floor plan of the participant’s residence to identify the location of the indoor sampler unit, for future reference during analysis of the participants data. [...] The major communities within the boundaries include the City of Fort McMurray, the towns of Fort McKay and Fort Chipewyan as well as the first nation communities of Mikesew Cree, Athabasca Chipewyan, Chipewyan Prairie and Fort McMurray #468.