Alaska Resources

• Alaska Mercury Biomonitoring Program -- The level of mercury in human hair can give us information about exposure to mercury in the diet. (PDF size: 240kb)
 
• Fish Poisoning - Epidemiology Bulletins - State of Alaska -- From the State of Alaska Health and Social Services
 
• Food - Epidemiology Bulletins - State of Alaska -- Bulletins on food safety in Alaska.
 
• Food Safety & Sanitation Program - Alaska Divisoin of Environmental Health -- Their mission is to protect public health at regulated food, seafood, and public facilities.
 
• Food Safety & Sanitation Program - Anchorage Municipality -- Inspection reports on Anchorage public food facilities.
 
• Infant Botulism - Epidemiology Bulletins - State of Alaska -- Descriptions of infant botulism cases in Alaska.
 
• Mercury - Epidemiology Bulletins - State of Alaska -- Health advisories and biomonitoring programs related to mercury.
 
• Nutrient Value of Alaska Native Foods -- Nutrient values for 176 foods found in Alaska and used by Alaska Natives. Revised in 1993. (PDF size: 1,326kb)
 
• Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP) - Epidemiology Bulletins - State of Alaska -- Describes cases of shellfish poisoning in Alaska.
 
• Subsistence Foods - Epidemiology Bulletins - State of Alaska -- from Health and Social Services
 
• Trichinosis - Epidemiology Bulletins - State of Alaska -- Reports of trichinosis cases in Alaska.
 
• Use of Traditional Foods in a Healthy Diet in Alaska: Risks in Perspective -- Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) and Related Compounds
 
• Use of Traditional Foods in a Healthy Diet in Alaska: Risks in Perspective. Vol. 2 Mercury -- The Alaska Division of Public Health continues to recommend that all Alaskans, including pregnant women, women who are breast feeding, women of childbearing age, and young children continue unrestricted con-sumption of fish and marine mammals from Alaskan waters as part of a balanced diet.
 

U.S. Government Resources

• Alaska Traditional Diet Project -- Health surveys of Alaskans who eat traditional foods.
 
• Botulism - CDC website -- Epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of botulism.
 
• Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition - FDA -- News and information on food safety.
 
• Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases - CDC -- Reports and program updates.
 
• Helping Hands - Botulism prevention -- Based on a video by the Public Health Training Network (PHTN).
 
• Marine Toxins - CDC website -- A concise overview.
 
• Norovirus Infection (Norwalk and Norwalk-Like Virus Infection) - CDC website -- Fact sheets on a group of viruses which cause
 
• Salmonella Infection - CDC website -- Comprehensive information on salmonella.
 
• Trichinellosis - CDC website -- Fact sheet and epidemiologic reports.
 

General

• Human Health - Canadian Arctic Contaminants Assessment Report II -- Summary of the knowledge on human exposure to and possible health effects of current levels of environmental contaminants in the Canadian Arctic. Published in 2003. (PDF size: 2,626kb)  
• Partnership for Food Safety Education -- A public education site for safe food handling.  

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