Publications

• Reports
• Health Effect Reviews
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Reports

• Water and Health in Lake of the Woods and Rainy River, a report for the Health Professionals Task Force, 2009 (PDF Document – 1 MB)
• Health Professionals Task Force 5 Year Report (PDF document)
• Human Health and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (PDF document)
• Work Plan including Collaborative Work under the 2005-2007 Priorities Cycle (PDF document)
• Great Lakes Fish Consumption Advisories
• Update on the Proposed SUMAS 2(SE2) Power Generation Facility
• Materials to help health professionals address Environmental HEALTH in Family Medicine - Download/View Table of Contents & Individuals Modules

Health Effect Reviews

The Health Effects Review is a quarterly review and summary of the scientific literature on human health effects and environmental pollutants. Prepared under the direction of the Health Professionals Task Force of the International Joint Commission, emphasis is on pollutants within the Great Lakes ecosystem.

• Cancer and First Nations and Native American Populations - Summer 2006 (PDF document)
• MethylMercury - Spring 2006 (PDF document)
• Perflourinated Compounds (PFCs) - Spring 2005 (PDF document)
• Gene-Environment Interactions - Winter 2004 (PDF document)
• Polybominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) - Fall 2004 (PDF document)
• West Nile Virus - Summer 2004 (PDF document)
• The Effects of Phthalates on Precocious Puberty in Girls - Spring 2004 (PDF document)
• Environmental Risk Factors for Asthma in Children - Winter 2003 (PDF document)
• Risk and Benefits of Drinking Water Disinfection - Fall 2003 (PDF document)
• Environmental causes of Blood-related Cancers in Children - Summer 2003 (PDF document)
• Environmental causes of Brain Cancer in Children - Spring 2003 (PDF document)
• Pesticides and Parkinson's Disease - Winter 2002 (PDF document)
• Pharmauceuticals in the Environment - Fall 2002 (PDF document)
• Health Effects and Climate Change along the Canadian-US Border Region - Vol 4. Issue 1 (PDF document)
• Phthalates - Vol. 3 Issue 4 (PDF document)
• Hazardous Waste Sites and Human Health - Vol. 3 Issue 3 (PDF document)
• Environmental Organochlorine Exposure & Risk of Breast Cancer - Vol. 3 Issue 2 (PDF document)
• Great Lakes Critical Pollutants - Vol. 3 Issue 1 (PDF document)
• Airborne Particulate Matter - Vol. 2 Issue 4 (PDF document)
• Great Lakes Human Health Studies: Neurobehavioral Effects - Vol. 2 Issue 3 (PDF document)
• Immunotoxicology - Vol. 2 Issue 2 (PDF document)
• Environmental Radionuclides - Vol. 2 Issue 1 (PDF document)
• Microbiological Water Pollution - Vol. 1 Issue 7 (PDF document)
• Environmental Lead - Vol. 1 Issue 6 (PDF document)
• Asthma and Air Pollution - Vol. 1 Issue 5 (PDF document)
• Methyl Mercury - Vol. 1 Issue 4 (PDF document)
• Changes in Sperm Count and Function - Vol. 1 Issue 3

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