Public Input Summary from Community Consultation
Summary of public input from the Community Consultation conducted in 2010.
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Resources
Hiring a Contractor
If you are hiring a contractor, you want the job done right. For anyone hiring a contractor, you can use our checklist: What to Expect from Your Contractor as a guide to understand what a Lead safe contractor will do for you. Be sure to watch the Lead Safe Renovation Videos – “Made In Trail”!
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Fall 2010 Blood Lead Report
This report shares the 2010 Children’s Blood Lead Clinic results. This includes participation rates, results, and environmental conditions. Participation is voluntary. Rates are provided by neighbourhood and area. The blood lead level geomean based on the 2010 fall clinic was 4.9 µg/dL. Environmental conditions refer to Pb in air at different times of the year.
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Addendum to the Phase 4 HHRA in response to ENV comments (2010)
This addendum contains a list of corrections/changes for the Phase 4 report, based on review comments from the BC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (ENV). The corrections are mostly typographical errors. The changes have improved the clarity of the report, as suggested by ENV. The conclusions of the Phase 4 report are not impacted.
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Fall 2009 Blood Lead Report
This report shares the 2009 Children’s Blood Lead Clinic results. This includes participation rates, results, and environmental conditions. Participation is voluntary. Rates are provided by neighbourhood and area. The blood lead level geomean based on the 2009 fall clinic was 5.6 µg/dL. Environmental conditions refer to Pb in air at different times of the year.
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Fall 2008 Blood Lead Report
This report shares the 2008 Children’s Blood Lead Clinic results. This includes participation rates, results, and environmental conditions. Participation is voluntary. Rates are provided by neighbourhood and area. The blood lead level geomean based on the 2008 fall clinic was 5.9 µg/dL. Environmental conditions refer to Pb in air at different times of the year.
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HHRA Phase 4: Additional Data Collection and Probabilistic Risk Calculations (2008)
Learn whether substances other than lead pose a potential concern in Trail. This phase evaluated peoples’ exposures to a broader suite of metals than had been considered in previous phases. The conclusion was that risks were low and the potential concern to watch going forward was arsenic and cadmium concentrations in outdoor air.
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Fall 2007 Blood Lead Report
This report shares the 2007 Children’s Blood Lead Clinic results. This includes participation rates, results, and environmental conditions. Participation is voluntary. Rates are provided by neighbourhood and area. The blood lead level geomean based on the 2007 fall clinic was 5.2 µg/dL. Environmental conditions refer to Pb in air at different times of the year.
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Acceptable Level of Human Health Risk Resulting from Smelter Contaminants in the Trail Area (Ames, 2001)
This report responds to a request by Teck (then Cominco) as a “responsible person” under Section 18 of the BC Contaminated Sites Regulation for a formal recommendation on the acceptable level of human exposure and health risk for the site. Recommendations were prepared by the Medical Health Officer and transmitted to BC Ministry of Environment.