Eight fish and seven wild game sampling campaigns were conducted between 1997 and 2014 to monitor contamination from a 1996 chemical release. This dataset from Alberta Health includes concentrations of PCBs and PCDD/Fs in fish from 2000 to 2014 and in deer from 1999 to 2014. The data informed public health food consumption advice for a 15-30 km radius around the Swan Hills Treatment Centre in Alberta.
Use Cases
- Track temporal trends in chemical contamination based on multi-year sampling campaigns.
- Assess human health risks from consuming locally caught food based on PCB and PCDD/F concentrations.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of public health interventions based on changing contamination levels and revised consumption advisories.
- Model bioaccumulation of persistent organic pollutants in wildlife based on tissue monitoring data.
Strengths
- Long-term monitoring program spanning from 1998 to 2014.
- Data informed specific public health actions, including a revision of consumption advice from a 30 km to a 15 km radius in 2012.
- Supported by four detailed project reports from Alberta Health (1997, 2004, 2009, 2013).
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Government of Alberta | Gouvernement de l'Alberta
- Collection Method
- Long-term environmental monitoring and human exposure assessment program involving tissue sampling.
- Time Range
- 1999-2014
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-13 07:01:50.358518; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Area within a 30 km radius (later revised to 15 km) of the Swan Hills Treatment Centre, Alberta, Canada.