2013 Health Impact Assessment: proposed cleanup plan for the lower Duwamish Waterway superfund site

"[Researchers at the University of Washington School of Health] partnered with two nonprofit groups, Just Health Action and the Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition/Technical Advisory Group, to assess the potential health impacts of the Duwamish River Cleanup on Tribes and people who use the Duwamish River or live or work nearby.

The health impact assessment (HIA) focuses on health changes that may result from the proposed cleanup and makes recommendations about how to minimize health impacts, maximize health benefits, and reduce health disparities in the affected populations."

-- Summary of Health Impact Assessment by Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, UW School of Health

Read the May 13, 2013 report

 

About the Author: 
HIA-Duwamish Cleanup Plan Project Authors: University of Washington School of Public Health William Daniell, Associate Professor Jonathan Childers, graduate student University of Washington School of Public Health William Daniell, Associate Professor Jonathan Childers, graduate student Amber Lenhart, graduate student Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition/ Technical Advisory Group BJ Cummings, Community Health Projects Manager Just Health Action Linn Gould, Executive Director