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ATSDR: - Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
[Environmental Protection Agency]

News archive for ATSDR::

It’s Time for Some Chatter – CDC Style  -  Aug 1, 2008
Age of Autism,The Subcommittee is currently investigating CDC’s Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) on several fronts including the recent Beryllium

Upper Perk pollution  -  Jul 9, 2008
Pottstown Mercury,In the environment, TCE can stay in groundwater for a long time and may stick to soil particles for a long time, but, according to ATSDR, it is unlike

Flawed Analysis Block Official Release of CDC Study  -  Jul 8, 2008
Mackinac Center for Public Policy,..."ATSDR’s[17] apparent withholding of this report raises grave questions about the integrity of scientific research at CDC and ATSDR, as well as the

Responding to health threats  -  Jul 19, 2008
Malaysia Star,Before becoming CDC Director and ATSDR Administrator, Dr Gerberding was Acting Deputy Director of the National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID),

Mesothelioma Found Among Minnesota Miners at Twice the National ...  -  Jul 18, 2008
Asbestos.com,According to the US geological Survey and the Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry (ATSDR), the Iron Range area is known to contain naturally

Unexplained (Emissions) Mysteries  -  Jul 16, 2008
Marietta Register Online,The ATSDR was petitioned in 2000 by former Sen. Mike DeWine to determine if airborne emissions from Eramet Marietta and other facilities at the former Union

Sunken vessel has toxic cargo  -  Jul 15, 2008
Visayan Daily Star,The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry of the US Department of Health and Human Services (http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/mhmi/mmg179.html) said

Environmental alert up in Antique waters as toxic cargo found in ...  -  Jul 15, 2008
News Today Online,The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry of the US Department of Health and Human Services (http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/mhmi/mmg179.html) said

Human-Biomonitoring: Polyzyklische aromatische Kohlenwasserstoffe ...  -  Jul 14, 2008
PresseBox (Pressemitteilung)(Abonnement),Die US-amerikanische Behörde "Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry" (ATSDR), die sich mit der toxikologischen Bewertung von Substanzen befasst,

Agency Didn't Study Health after Toxic Exposure  -  Nov 26, 2007
Daily GreenThat's why a House subcommittee wants to know why the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (aka ATSDR) hasn't conducted health studies in

Fish from Florida Mine Site Test Toxic for Mercury  -  Nov 29, 2007
Environment News ServiceAn ATSDR health consultation on the Kirby Mine published in August, evaluated the Florida DEP's fish testing results from July 2003, April 2005 and January

Federal agency to discuss possible health risks in our area  -  Nov 2, 2007
Rio Rancho Observer,The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) will hold a public meeting to discuss the progress of two health consultations at the Intel

Court workers return to office after asbestos alert  -  Nov 17, 2007
Record-Searchlight (subscription),By Ryan Sabalow (Contact) To learn more about asbestos, go to www.atsdr.cdc.gov, click on toxfaqs under Quick Links, then scroll down and choose asbestos.

Information on Ammonia  -  Nov 13, 2007
ABC Action News,For more information, you may call the ATSDR Information Center at 1-888-422-8737. This fact sheet is one in a series of summaries about hazardous

Federal agency discusses possible dangers posed to public health  -  Nov 11, 2007
Rio Rancho Observer,The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) said it is studying health issues related to Intel’s air emissions since the Corrales group

Agency Releases Asbestos Report for Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois ...  -  Nov 9, 2007
Associated Content,The study was conducted by ATSDR starting in the spring of 2006. The documentation supporting the findings indicates that the IBSP beaches are fine.

131 cases of PV unsubstantiated  -  Nov 6, 2007
Republican & Herald,It was the basis for the request by the Pennsylvania Department of Health that ATSDR conduct an investigation to better describe these cases and whether

Health Department Releases New Findings On Children Exposed To The ...  -  Nov 30, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),The registry is a collaborative effort involving the Health Department, the cdc's Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), with funding

Opinions and Opinions  -  Nov 25, 2007
News Today Online,For sulfur dioxide, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) (1999) reports that "Long term studies surveying large numbers of children

The Rise, Fall, Rise, and Imminent Fall of DDT  -  Nov 5, 2007
American Enterprise Institute,...[32] The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the agency in charge of

Key US lawmaker vows to back veterans sickened by Agent Orange  -  Nov 18, 2007
Marianas Variety,According to ATSDR, the level of TCE would have to have been at least 1000000 ppb. What this means is that all the levels of contaminants in the drinking

Ex-Lejeune residents show water toxin effects  -  Nov 17, 2007
Marine Corps Times (subscription)...for notification and information about the water contamination, including updates via letter or e-mail about the ATSDR health study.

EPA: Dow to clean up dioxin hot spot in the Saginaw River  -  Nov 16, 2007
U.S. EPA.gov (press release),...see the US Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry's website at http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts104.html or call 312-886-0840.

Note to correspondents: More information on new dioxin hot spot in ...  -  Nov 14, 2007
U.S. EPA.gov (press release),...of human exposure, go the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry's Web site at http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts104.html, or call 312-886-0840.

Public health study information meeting to be held in Cornelius  -  Nov 8, 2007
WNCT,The study is being done by public health experts from the North Carolina Division of Public Health and from ATSDR, the Agency for Toxic Substances and

EPA report details risks of PCE site  -  Nov 7, 2007
Billings Gazette,..."We agree with epa's methodology and their plans to mitigate exposures," said Dan Strausbaugh, Montana representative for ATSDR. The biggest concern is that

Ask Your Doctor  -  23 Aug 2007
Catanduanes Tribune,A review by DHHS/ATSDR titled "Toxicological Profile for Formaldehyde" cites the reported historical percentages of subjects with skin problems showing

Lennar, asbestos, ATSDR, El Dorado, BVHP  -  Aug 3, 2007
San Francisco Bay Guardian,As it happens, ATSDR has experience with such assessments in California, thanks to Oak Ridge High School in El Dorado County, where naturally occurring

Study Will Look for Health Risks Near BI Superfund Site  -  Aug 19, 2007
Kitsap Sun (Subscription),The independent Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) will conduct the health consultation. Capt. Richard Kauffman, regional ATSDR

Health risks at creosote cleanup site are mulled  -  Aug 18, 2007
Bainbridge Island Review,The long-term affects of creosote on human health is outlined on ATSDR’s website. High levels of creosote exposure can result in rash, skin irritation,

EPA IL BeachAirSample  -  Aug 17, 2007
Insurance News Net,ATSDR's draft report provides an interpretation of the air samples taken for asbestos in May and August 2006. ATSDR is a sister agency to Centers for

Guest Editorial: Chronicle Frames Dispute to Protect Lennar - Aug 10  -  Aug 10, 2007
Beyond Chron,On August 3rd, the Chronicle ran a story, in which we are told that a federal agency known as the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)

HEALTH-US: Tiny Town Demands Justice in Dioxin Poisoning  -  Jul 25, 2007
IPS,The US health agency, ATSDR, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, tested the blood of 28 Mossville residents in 1999 and found dioxin at

Task force reflects on one-year anniversary  -  Jul 30, 2007
The Citizen.com,Noticeably absent were Georgia Division of Public Health (DPH) and federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), the two agencies

Study: Fallon tungsten particles not natural  -  Aug 8, 2007
Nevada Appeal,However, the Centers for Disease Control and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) state in a release that they did not find a

Agency: Alliance should monitor  -  Jul 31, 2007
Scranton Times-Tribune,Ms. Werner and Ana Pomales, another ATSDR representative involved in the discussions with Alliance, said the preliminary readings from the DEP station

Marietta resident will speak to EPA about manganese levels  -  Jul 30, 2007
Marietta Times,A: ATSDR came in and did an air model that showed what the exposures were. From the air model, we can see that there are households that are being exposed

Victims of High Dioxin Exposure Levels Left Behind  -  Jul 25, 2007
OMB WatchATSDR's investigation of the exposure has been underway since 1998. But according to a report, Industrial Sources of Dioxin Poisoning in Mossville,

Mound Residents' Case To Go To Trial  -  Aug 18, 2007
American Digital Networks (press release),According to a Public Health Assessment of Mound by ATSDR (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry of the Centers for Disease Control and

Preconception Care  -  Aug 1, 2007
American Family PhysicianSummary of the CDC/ATSDR Guideline on Preconception Care NOTE: The items in this table are not prioritized and should be addressed simultaneously.

Lennar BVHP LLC and Toxic Mass Pollution in San Francisco's ...  -  Aug 12, 2007
Bay Area Indymedia,Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD), the Agency for Toxic Substances And Disease Registry (ATSDR), California and Federal Occupation

Study: Fallon tungsten source not natural  -  Aug 9, 2007
North County Times,..."There is nothing in this study that has changed what the CDC and ATSDR have said." Don Vetter, the local spokesman for Kennametal, told the Reno

Road dust may be contaminating Nome fish camps  -  Aug 9, 2007
Anchorage Daily News (subscription),The health investigators don't know whether the road is a source of contamination yet, but Robinson said the ATSDR and the state health department might

The PCB in Me: Environmental PCB's and Human Health Risks  -  Aug 5, 2007
American Chronicle,Retrieved on July 22, 2007 from: http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts17.html. 3. Frame GM, Cochran JW, Bowadt SS (1996). Complete PCB congener distributiosn for




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