Environmental Health Perspectives -Holistic Risk-Based Environmental Decision Making: A Native Perspective
Author:
Mary Arquette, Maxine Cole, Katsi Cook, Brenda LaFrance, Margaret Peters, James Ransom, Elvera Sargent, Vivian Smoke, & Arlene Stairs
Date Published:
02/2009
Description:
Native American Nations have become increasingly concerned about the impacts of toxic substances.
Although risk assessment and risk management processes have been used by government
agencies to help estimate and manage risks associated with exposure to toxicants, these tools have
many inadequacies and as a result have not served Native people well. In addition, resources have
not always been adequate to address the concerns of Native Nations, and involvement of Native decision makers on a government-to-government basis in discussions regarding risk has only recently become common. Finally, because the definitions of health used by Native people are strikingly different from that of risk assessors, there is also a need to expand current definitions and incorporate traditional knowledge into decision making.
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