Collaborative Research: Sustainable management of human organic pollutant exposure (HOPE) at formerly used defense sites in the changing Arctic

合作研究：在不断变化的北极地区以前使用的防御地点对人类有机污染物暴露（HOPE）进行可持续管理

• 批准号: 2148056
• 负责人: Yu Yang
• 金额: $ 65.16万
• 依托单位: Board of Regents, NSHE, obo University of Nevada, Reno
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-05-15 至 2026-04-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2148056&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Sustainable; management; human

The Arctic is contaminated by persistent organic pollutants (POPs) from many sources, including thousands of formerly used defense (FUD) sites. As the climate warms, POPs that had been bound in Arctic soils become more mobile and enter the food chain, ultimately increasing human health risks from exposure to POPs. The research team is collaborating closely with the Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska and City of Unalaska through a participatory research approach to understand the risks of human exposure to POPs on Unalaska Island. The community-driven co-production approach enables the continuation of culturally important subsistence lifestyles, trains residents for research and management techniques, and fosters proactive and sustainable public health risk management. The results will inform management and remediation efforts at FUD sites and thereby provide knowledge to make informed decisions about local resources and minimize the health hazards faced by local populations. The community-engaged research includes workshops, interviews, and an environmental monitoring academy to collect the information and samples for priority community needs. Workshops and interviews are being conducted to identify research questions that are community-driven and at a system scale related to sustainable management of POPs grounded in tribal self-determination. The environmental monitoring academy includes classroom sessions and field exercises on nutritional benefits of a subsistence diet, sources and health effects of contaminants, environmental mapping, sampling techniques, operation of analytical instruments, and appropriate quality assurance/quality control procedures. Students collect and analyze environmental samples that are critical for comprehensive understanding of FUD site pollution. To track broader impacts, we are administering questionnaires at the end of workshops and academies to assess the extent to which the community is gaining tools and information to address issues surrounding POPs.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

北极受到许多来源的持续有机污染物（POP）的污染，其中包括成千上万的以前使用的防御（FUD）地点。随着气候的温暖，北极土壤中绑定的爆炸声变得更加流动并进入食物链，最终增加了人类健康风险，从暴露于流行音乐中。研究小组正在通过参与式研究方法与Unalaska和Unalaska市的卡瓦兰根部部落紧密合作，以了解人类在Unalaska岛上暴露于Pops的风险。社区驱动的联合制作方法可以延续文化重要的生活方式，培训居民进行研究和管理技术，并促进积极主动且可持续的公共卫生风险管理。结果将为FUD站点的管理和补救工作提供信息，从而提供知识，以做出有关当地资源的明智决定，并最大程度地减少当地人口所面临的健康危害。社区参与的研究包括研讨会，访谈和环境监测学院，以收集信息和样本以满足社区需求。正在进行讲习班和访谈，以确定与社区驱动的研究问题，并以与部落自决为基础的POP的可持续管理有关的系统规模。环境监测学院包括教室会议和现场练习，对污染物的生存饮食，来源和健康影响，环境映射，抽样技术，分析工具的运作以及适当的质量保证/质量控制程序的营养益处。学生收集和分析环境样本对于全面了解FUD现场污染至关重要。为了跟踪更广泛的影响，我们正在研讨会和学院结束时管理问卷，以评估社区获得的工具和信息以解决周围的POP问题的程度。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子和更广泛影响的审查标准来通过评估来通过评估来获得支持的。