Assessing health consequences as a component of a CEAA screening level environmental assessment: the case of the Port Hope Area Initiative

This paper outlines the comprehensive approach to the assessment of potential health effects that was conducted for the environmental assessment (EA) of the Port Granby Project, under the Port Hope Area Initiative (PHAI). The human health and safety considerations study is among the most comprehensive conducted for the purpose of EA under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA). The methods and results for radiological and conventional health assessment are presented, including a discussion of the significance of the health effects. The results clearly indicated that feelings of general well being and of environmental quality and how they then relate to health are important factors in any health and safety study undertaken for EA purposes. (author)