You have entered the website of the Water and Environmental Research Institute of the Western Pacific (WERI) at the University of Guam. We are currently six faculty and five staff and our mission is to seek solutions through research, teaching and outreach programs, to issues and problems associated with the location, production, distribution and management of freshwater resources in Guam, the CNMI and the FSM.
The incidence and prevalence of Lytico and Bodig are higher on Guam than anywhere else. Many health professionals suggest that the concentration of aluminum, manganese, iron and calcium are directly related to these diseases, and that the source of these minerals is in our rivers. The Water and Energy Research Institute initiated this study in part to investigate the extent to which such assertions might be true. We are confident that the data and finding of this report will prove helpful to the effort to discover the cause and cure of these dreaded diseases.
