Vi Waghiyi

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Born in Savoonga on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, Vi Waghiyi is environmental health and justice program director at the Alaska Community Action on Toxics and a Yupik grandmother. She serves as an advisor to the National Institute of Health and has been awarded for her work by the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium.

An Arctic thank you for UN action against toxins that accumulate in traditional food

OPINION: Igamsiqayugvikamsi, thank you, to the international community for taking another step against bio-accumulative toxins in the world, including the environment that Arctic people depend on. The United States should follow suit.

By Vi Waghiyi●

July 07, 2015 at 6:50 pm