| Main Title |
Paper on tribal issues related to tribal traditional lifeways, risk assessment, and health & well being : documenting what we've heard / |
| Publisher |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, |
| Year Published |
2006 |
| Report Number |
EPA 620-R-06-004 |
| OCLC Number |
69990653 |
| Subjects |
Environmental risk assessment ;
Indians of North America--Environmental aspects ;
Federally recognized Indian tribes--Environmental aspects--United States
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| Internet Access |
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| EJBD |
EPA 620-R-06-004 |
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Headquarters Library/Washington,DC |
10/12/2018 |
| ELBD ARCHIVE |
EPA 620-R-06-004 |
Received from HQ |
AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
10/04/2023 |
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| Collation |
28 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Notes |
" EPA 620-R-06-004." "April 2006." Cover title. Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents Notes |
Background -- Introduction -- What is risk and how does EPA use it? -- Changing the current risk assessment policies and procedures -- Increase educational opportunities for tribes on EPA's risk assessment process -- Educating EPA on tribal values and culture -- Outreach and involvement of tribes -- Valuation of natural resources -- Data collection and use -- Unique tribal exposures -- Developing a new paradigm -- Incorporate a health-based focus -- Focus on risk prevention -- Incorporate cumulative impacts -- Create a holistic paradigm: one that incorporates impacts to community health, culture, lifeways, well-being and the environment -- Include health and wellness indicators -- Use a cross-media approach -- Reflect the precautionary principle -- Recognize that for some tribes, a "zero contamination policy" exists -- Work with tribes on a government-to-government basis. |
