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Article: AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY RELEASES REPORT ABOUT CURRENT, FUTURE OFF-SITE EXPOSURE TO CHEMICALS AT OAK RIDGE RESERVATION
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- January 31, 2007
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The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services's Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry issued the following press release:
Current and future exposure to site-related chemicals in the off-site area surrounding the Oak Ridge Reservation is not expected to cause adverse health effects, says the public health assessment released by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR).
ATSDR evaluated environmental sampling data collected from 1990-2003 to evaluate whether exposure to chemicals in off-site soil, sediment, surface water, fish, game, vegetation and air poses a public health hazard. ATSDR concluded that off-site exposure to site-related chemicals in the ...