Health Effects Monitoring Program

Baseline Results Are In!

You will find results for each of the participating populations under the Results tab.

Result letters, from our 2017-2018 baseline study, have been sent to all participants in May 2019.

It is never too late to contact us. If you haven't received your urine and/or toenail results by now please contact us:

Email: ykhemp@uottawa.ca
Call: 613-325-9080 or 867-445-1574

News & Events archive

PROGRAM DELAYS

Due to the COVID-19, travel and in-person community meetings have been cancelled for May 2020.

Key findings of our ongoing work will be shared in a Pamphlet in Winter 2021!

We are committed to resuming all activities when it is safe to do so. Until then, stay healthy and safe!

Check out our TIPS on keeping Arsenic levels low

Follow-up Appointments with Nurse

Call 867-445-1574 or
Email ykhemp@uottawa.ca
Appointments take place at:
5112 52nd Street, Yellowknife, NT
(building past Fiddles and Stix, office on main floor)

Renata Rosol

Project Manager
University of Ottawa
Phone: (613) 325-9080
Email: ykhemp@uottawa.ca

Publications

Claudia Tanamal, Jules M. Blais, Emmanuel Yumvihoze & Hing Man Chan (2020) Health risk assessment of inorganic arsenic exposure through fish consumption in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal, DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2020.1799187

Janet Sze-Jing Cheung, Xue Feng Hu, Rajendra Prasad Parajuli, Renata Rosol, Allan Torng, Asish Mohapatra, Ellen Lye, Hing Man Chan (2020) Health risk assessment of arsenic exposure among the residents in Ndilǫ, Dettah, and Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Hing Man Chan, Xue Feng Hu, Janet S. Cheung, Rajendra Prasad Parajuli, Renata Rosol, Emmanuel Yumvihoze, Linna Williams & Asish Mohapatra (2020) Cohort profile: Health Effects Monitoring Program in Ndilǫ, Dettah and Yellowknife (YKHEMP), BMJ Open, access article here.