U of I team assists with Silver Valley health risk messages
Researchers go door-to-door in Wallace surveying residents to learn about attitudes and concerns about lead contamination in the Silver Valley.
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Almost 40 years after Superfund clean-up efforts began for heavy metal contamination in North Idaho’s Silver Valley, officials still worry that many residents and visitors have not gotten the message about the negative health consequences of lead toxicity.
With the help of a research team led by Chloe Wardropper, an assistant professor of Human Dimensions of Ecosystem Management in the University of Idaho’s Department of Natural Resources and Society, health agencies are finding new ways to construct messaging to better target an array of demographics...
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