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ATSDR is an agency within the US Department of Health and Human Services concerned with the effects of hazardous substances on human health. ATSDR is charged with assessing the presence and nature of health hazards at specific Superfund sites, as well as helping prevent or reduce further exposure and the illnesses that can result from such exposures. [7]
The U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) conducted a public health assessment of the site and concluded in 1992 that DDOU poses "no apparent public health hazard." [1] Included in the site history was the storage of 2,328, 55-gallon drums of hazardous waste in 1993.
The Secretary of HHS delegates to ASPR the leadership role for all health and medical services support functions in a health emergency or public health event. To meet the public information requirements of PAHPA the Public Health Emergency.gov web portal was created to serve as a single point of access to public health risk, and situational ...
The ATSDR produced a "Health assessment" in 1992, classifying the site as a public health hazard, "because a risk to human health may exist from possible exposure to hazardous substances at concentrations that may result in adverse human health effects.
Emmell's Septic Landfill (ESL) is a landfill in Galloway Township, New Jersey and takes up about 38 acres of space. The landfill was in operation from 1967 until 1979. ESL disposed of liquid and solid waste including many chemicals such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs), Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), Trichloroethene and Vinyl chloride which all had their own effect on the environment ...
In 1993, ATSDR completed a Public Health Assessment [2] that provided recommendations for dealing with the toxic runoff. In 2001, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality had ATSDR follow up on these recommendations, and the May 2001 report concluded that "ATSDR concludes that the recommendations were substantially met with the appropriate ...
At least two people have died as severe storms and tornadoes tore through parts of Texas and Mississippi on Saturday, officials said, while a parade of atmospheric river-fueled storms batters the ...
The Division of Health Informatics and Surveillance (DHIS) provides leadership and expertise in data, surveillance, and analytics for the CDC and partners with state-of-the-art information systems, capacity building services, and high-quality data to guide public health decisions and actions. These include in case surveillance; syndromic ...