women’s health and the environment a workshop on challenges and opportunities in western new york
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Women’s Health and the EnvironmentA Workshop on Challenges and
Opportunities in Western New York
Women’s Health and the EnvironmentA Workshop on Challenges and
Opportunities in Western New York
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Katherine Street Peninsula, 1924 (Buffalo River)
Grain Elevators, 2012 (Buffalo River)
Broderick Park, 2012 (Upper Niagara River)
Water Pollution in WNY
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Contaminants biomagnify as they move up the food chain.
Contaminants come from many sources and can build up in the bodies of fish.
Water Pollution = Polluted Fish
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When we eat polluted fish, the chemicals in their bodies can pass to our bodies and build up over time.
Eating a lot of polluted fish may be bad for our health.
Fish caught from some rivers and lakes in Western New York are polluted with harmful chemicals.
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What we are doing to address this issue:
- Identify who utilizes our waterways for fishing and eating fish
- Education and on-the-ground outreach, and community events
- Identify methods to help subsistence communities decrease their exposure to chemicals
- Creation of multilingual outreach materials targeted to different communities and sectors of the public
- Developing partnerships with the government and community groups to help with dissemination and distribution of information
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Burmese Community Health EventOctober 2011
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Many of the favorite fish of the Burmese community and other subsistence communities are fish which tend to build up a lot of contamination in their bodies.
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Family Fishing Day Event
Broderick Park
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Family Fishing Day Event Broderick Park
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Public Health Outreach Materials
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Public Health Outreach Materials
Doula Training GuideThe Risks and Benefits of Eating Locally Caught Fish and How
to Make Fish Meals Safer to Eat
Jericho Road Ministries
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Risk Reduction Communications
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Challenges / Opportunities Ahead
- Clean up the water!
- Expand reach of education and outreach efforts
- Advocate for water cleanup- Empower and build agency among
subsistence communities to do the same
- Food alternatives / Food security
- Celebrate our waterways and cultural traditions centered on the importance of healthy waterways and clean fish