A community-based health risk assessment following the Gold King Mine Spill: Results from the Gold King Mine Spill Dine Exposure Project.

ABSTRACT: The Gold King Mine Spill (GKMS) disaster resulted in three million gallons of acid mine drainage-containing arsenic and lead being released into a tributary of the San Juan River. The San Juan River flows through the Navajo Nation and the Diné (Navajo) rely on this river for a variety of purposes lending to unique exposure pathways. We administered questionnaires in three Navajo communities in collaboration with the Navajo Nation Community Health Representatives to obtain frequency and duration data on 43 activities (e.g., praying with river water, fishing from the river). These activities were utilized to conduct a community-based probabilistic risk assessment from exposure to arsenic (As) and lead at three different time points (i.e., pre-GKMS, peak-GKMS, and post-GKMS) for four differen

SUBMITTER: Van Horne YO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12536480 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature