Publications

Board publications include reports, fact sheets, infographics, and presentations. Contractor reports are documents created on behalf of, or in coordination with, the IJC or its boards. Government reports are documents developed by US or Canadian local/provincial/state/federal government that are of interest to the IJC or board.

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Monitoring the Human Health Consequences of Climate Change in the Great Lakes
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The IJC Health Professionals Advisory Board conducted an initial assessment of available data and potential indicators towards the development of measurable human health indicators related to climate-driven environmental changes in the Great Lakes basin. In this report , the board finds that...
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Health Professionals Advisory Board

Great Lakes Microbial Water Quality Study
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Microbial water quality concerns, both historic and emerging, impact human health throughout the Great Lakes region. The IJC’s Health Professionals Advisory Board, which provides advice to the IJC and its Boards, is working towards a comprehensive microbial source water quality assessment in part to...
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Health Professionals Advisory Board

A Proof-of-Concept Pilot Study of Acute Gastrointestinal Illness (AGI) in the Great Lakes
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The Health Professionals Advisory Board conducted a proof-of-concept pilot study to assess whether it is feasible to collect comparable, binational water quality and population health data for locations around the Great Lakes, and whether such data could be used to generate conclusions and examine...
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Health Professionals Advisory Board

The Great Lakes Water Quality Centennial Study - Phase I Report
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In 1913, a ground-breaking IJC monitoring study linked untreated sewage pollution to widespread disease in the Great Lakes. One hundred years later, the question remains whether nearshore fecal bacterial/microbial water quality is getting better or worse. While technology to prevent and track this...
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Health Professionals Advisory Board

A Review of the Human Health Impacts of Selenium in Aquatic Systems
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The Health Professionals Advisory Board (HPAB) has undertaken a human health review of selenium at the request of the International Joint Commission (IJC) and developed this technical report with the assistance of contractor Michael Kosnett. Selenium is an essential nutritional element that supports...
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Health Professionals Advisory Board

HPAB - Principles for Human Health Projects 2018
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The IJC’s Health Professional Advisory Board (HPAB) was created to provide advice to the Commission and its Boards about current and emergent clinical and public health issues in the area of environmental health. The HPAB will be responsive to requests from the IJC and other Boards and stakeholders...
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Health Professionals Advisory Board

HPAB Recommendations for the IJC Triennial Assessment of Progress Report
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Under Article 7.1 (k) of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, the International Joint Commission has a responsibility for “providing to the Parties, in consultation with the Boards established under Article 8, a triennial “Assessment of Progress Report.” The Commission has also requested advice...
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Health Professionals Advisory Board