Evaluating and Communicating Subsistence Seafood Safety in a Cross-Cultural Context: Lessons Learned from the Exxon Valdez Spill

Members of the Task Force and others involved in the cleanup describe the response of the Oil Spill Health Task Force, which formed soon after the March 1989 oil spill off Alaska, to respond to a variety of issues related to human health. It soon focused on subsistence concerns as it became apparent that subsistence food safety was a problem that was not being adequately addressed as part of the general response. They explain how they addressed such questions as what information they needed, who should do the study, how they should interpret the results, what was the best way to communicate the findings to the Alaska Native and other local communities, and how local observations and tradition knowledge could be brought into the process. The price for Society members is $48. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)