Evaluating Tribal Dietary, Lifestyle, and Ceremonial Exposures for Use in EPA Superfund Risk Assessments
Author:
Isabel Alexander, Bowdoin College Class of 2021, Virtual Student Federal Service Intern for the EPA
Date Published:
06/2021
Description:
This report builds on the 2016 EPA document on biota modeling for Superfund risk assessment. During the 2019-2020 school year, Virtual Student Federal Service Intern Grace Maley researched plant and animal products ingested by North American Indigenous communities that are not included in the EPA online risk calculator tool. Here, this work is extended through the inclusion of
additional species found in subsistence diets. Further, this report also describes several kinds of lifestyle and ceremonial exposures that disproportionately affect Indigenous communities. Overall, the goal of this research is to increase the inclusivity of EPA risk assessments and risk calculators, especially with regards to those members of Indigenous communities choosing to eat subsistence diets and participate in culturally traditional activities.
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