Release Date: Friday, November 17, 2023
ATLANTA – Today the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a federal public health agency, released its report, Evaluation of Ethylene Oxide Concentrations in Outdoor Air near Sterigenics.
Release Date: Thursday, November 09, 2023
ATLANTA – The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a federal public health agency, will host a meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023, for the Butte community. The purpose of the meeting is to inform the community about the work ATSDR will be doing in Butte in the next year.
Release Date: Friday, March 31, 2023
The ATSDR Partnership to Promote Local Efforts to Reduce Environmental Exposure (APPLETREE) cooperative agreement program will award $13.95 million to fund 30 state health departments to evaluate past and present exposure to environmental hazards and to prevent future exposures. The cooperative agreement will provide $66.5 million (projected) to 30 state health departments over the next 5 years, beginning April 1, 2023, and is part of the White House Justice40 Initiative.
Release Date: Friday, October 07, 2022
(ATLANTA) - The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a federal public health agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is pleased to announce a new notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for its APPLETREE program.
Release Date: Thursday, September 22, 2022
Atlanta, GA – Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) released the final report for the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) exposure assessments (EA) conducted in ten sites across the United States. The PFAS exposure assessments, which began in 2018, provided information to communities about the possible levels of PFAS in their bodies. The PFAS exposure assessments did not look at what types of health problems the exposure might cause.
Release Date: Thursday, May 21, 2020
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) invites the public to hear from the scientists who conducted public health activities to understand the impact of exposure to contaminated drinking water at U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. A Community Assistance Panel (CAP) meeting will be held virtually on May 27, 2020 at 9:00 a.m.
Release Date: Wednesday, January 29, 2020
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) invites the public to hear from the scientists who conducted public health activities to understand the impact of exposure to contaminated drinking water at U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. A Community Assistance Panel (CAP) business meeting will take place on February 13, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. in Atlanta, Georgia.
Release Date: Monday, September 23, 2019
(Atlanta) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) are announcing the start of a multi-site health study to investigate the relationship between drinking water contaminated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and health outcomes. CDC and ATSDR are making awards, in the amount of $1 million each, to the following institutions to look at exposures in communities listed.
Release Date: Monday, August 19, 2019
(Atlanta) -- The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) invites the public to hear from the scientists who conducted public health activities to understand the impact of exposure to contaminated drinking water at U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. The scientists will discuss these activities during a public meeting at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 14, 2019, in Arlington, Virginia. A Community Assistance Panel (CAP) business meeting, which is also open to the public, will take place on Friday, September 13, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. Representatives from the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) will be present at the meetings to answer questions about the VA programs and benefits for those exposed at Camp Lejeune.
Release Date: Wednesday, April 03, 2019
(Atlanta)-- The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) invites the public to hear from the scientists who conducted public health activities to understand the impact of exposure to contaminated drinking water at U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. A Community Assistance Panel (CAP) business meeting, which is open to the public, will take place on April 24, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. in Atlanta, Georgia.
Release Date: Monday, April 01, 2019
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) are soliciting research applications to conduct a multi-site study on the human health effects of exposures to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) through drinking water. Proposed study sites must include communities that have current or past presence of PFAS in drinking water.
Release Date: Thursday, February 21, 2019
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) announced today that they have identified communities to be a part of assessments to examine human exposure to per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The communities are near current or former military installations. The assessments are expected to begin in 2019 and continue through 2020 and are laying the groundwork for CDC/ATSDR’s future multi-site health study that will look at the relationship between PFAS exposure and health outcomes.
Release Date: Monday, December 17, 2018
(Atlanta)-- The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) invites the public to hear from the scientists who conducted public health activities to understand the impact of exposure to contaminated drinking water at U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. A Community Assistance Panel (CAP) business meeting, which is open to the public, will take place on January 30, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. in Atlanta, Georgia.
Release Date: Wednesday, July 18, 2018
(Atlanta)-- The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) invites the public to hear from the scientists who conducted public health activities to understand the impact of exposure to contaminated drinking water at U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. A Community Assistance Panel (CAP) business meeting, which is open to the public, will take place on August 8, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. in Atlanta, Georgia.
Release Date: Monday, June 18, 2018
(ATLANTA, GA) – The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) have recently released their public health assessment report, “CSX Transportation – Rail Yard,” for public comment. ATSDR will accept comments from the public until July 23, 2018.
Release Date: Monday, June 18, 2018
ATLANTA, GA - The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) has released its public health assessment report, “Evaluation of Community Exposures Related to Coldwater Creek,” in North St. Louis County, MO, for public comment. ATSDR will accept comments from the public until August 31, 2018.
Release Date: Thursday, April 19, 2018
(Atlanta) -- The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) invites the public to hear from the scientists who conducted public health activities to understand the impact of exposure to contaminated drinking water at U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. The scientists will discuss these activities during a public meeting at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 28, 2018, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A Community Assistance Panel (CAP) business meeting, which is also open to the public, will take place on Friday, April 27, 2018 at 5:00 p.m.
Release Date: Thursday, February 22, 2018
(Atlanta) -- The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) invites the public to hear updates of ongoing public health activities from the scientists who conducted public health studies to understand the impact of exposure to contaminated drinking water at U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.
Release Date: Wednesday, January 10, 2018
(Atlanta) - The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) invites the public to hear updates of ongoing public health activities from the scientists who conducted public health studies to understand the impact of exposure to contaminated drinking water at U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.
Release Date: Tuesday, March 01, 2016
The Agency for Toxic Substances Disease Registry (ATSDR), a federal public health agency, invites residents living in Ware County to attend a public availability session in Waycross, GA.
Release Date: Wednesday, February 10, 2016
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) recently supported an investigation led by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to determine possible health effects associated with formaldehyde in select laminate wood flooring products.
Release Date: Wednesday, January 13, 2016
Atlanta, GA – The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), invites residents living near Coldwater Creek to attend the second in a series of Open Houses. Residents will learn about the status of the ATSDR Coldwater Creek Public Health Assessment (PHA) being conducted and details about the PHA process. Residents will have the opportunity to meet scientists, ask questions, and discuss their potential exposure concerns.
Release Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Atlanta, GA – The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a federal public health agency, invites residents living near Coldwater Creek to attend an open house. There residents will learn about the ATSDR Coldwater Creek Public Health Assessment (PHA) being conducted and about the PHA process. Residents will have the opportunity to meet scientists, ask questions, and discuss their environmental public health concerns.
Release Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2015
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) is holding a public availability session to talk to people about how breathing smoke from the Old Barwick Mill Plant fire may affect their health.
Release Date: Friday, May 15, 2015
ATLANTA, GA – The health of people who use the Corozal well water is not at risk, says the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in its re-released public health
assessment (PHA). The public is invited to read and provide additional comments on the report.
Release Date: Friday, May 15, 2015
ATLANTA – La salud de las personas que usan el agua del pozo de Corozal no está a riesgo, dice la Agencia para Sustancias Tóxicas y el Registro de Enfermedades (ATSDR por sus siglas en inglés) en su Evaluación de Salud Pública. El público está invitado a leer y proveer comentarios nuevamente en el reporte sobre el Pozo de Corozal.
Release Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2014
ATLANTA—The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) has released its final public health assessment evaluating whether chemicals in soils at the LCP Chemicals Superfund Site in Brunswick, GA, could affect health.
Release Date: Wednesday, October 20, 2010
In a groundbreaking step to learn more about Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease, the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) has launched the National ALS Registry.
Release Date: Wednesday, September 22, 2010
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in Atlanta, Georgia has released the public comment version of a public health assessment (PHA) focused on chemicals in soil at the LCP Chemicals Superfund Site (LCP site) in Brunswick, Georgia.
Release Date: Monday, March 09, 2009
The updated edition of ToxProfilesTM, a two-CD ROM set featuring updated information on more than 180 chemicals and hazardous substances as well as an improved search engine, is now available from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR).
Release Date: Friday, May 16, 2008
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) will hold a public information session in Savannah for community members living near the International Paper Savannah Complex to discuss the findings of a recently completed health consultation. The public information session will take place.
Release Date: Friday, May 16, 2008
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) will host an Environmental Health Fair for residents of the neighborhoods surrounding the International Paper Company, Savannah Complex on Saturday, May 31 from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm.
Release Date: Tuesday, March 25, 2008
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) has released its updated ToxProfilesTM 2007 two-CD ROM set featuring information on more than 180 hazardous substances as well as an improved search engine. ToxProfilesTM 2007 is a useful resource for health professionals, researchers, students, media and others interested in the health effects from exposure to hazardous substances.
Release Date: Thursday, May 17, 2007
Residents of Hudson Hill, West Savannah and Woodville, GA are invited to provide input about future public health activities to the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). ATSDR will host information sessions in Savannah on May 22 and 23.
Release Date: Tuesday, June 21, 2005
The soil of one unoccupied property in the Arco neighborhood at the LCP Chemicals Superfund site in Brunswick, Ga., contains lead levels elevated enough to be a health concern, says a public health consultation completed by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR).
Release Date: Tuesday, March 22, 2005
A Toxicology Curriculum for Communities Training Manual, a guide that offers educational training tactics to communities affected by hazardous exposures, was released by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR).
Release Date: Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Community and Tribal Subcommittee of the Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH)/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR): Teleconference
Release Date: Friday, October 22, 2004
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) released the ATSDR ToxProfiles 2004 and accompanying ToxFAQsTM CD-ROM, featuring updated toxicologic and epidemiologic information, interaction between chemical mixtures and chemical-specific fact sheets.
Release Date: Friday, October 01, 2004
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) will hold a community meeting on Oct. 12 to discuss findings from air testing and the need for additional testing near the William C. Meredith Wood Treatment facility in East Point, Ga.
ATSDR will offer urine analysis to local residents and conduct additional air sampling. The combined testing will help determine if community members are unusually exposed to pentachlorophenol, a chemical used for treating wood.
Release Date: Tuesday, September 21, 2004
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) will hold a community meeting on Sept. 28 to discuss its upcoming public health assessment for the LCP Chemicals Georgia site in Brunswick, Ga.
The community meeting allows residents to meet individually with ATSDR representatives. During these meetings staff members explain the purpose of the public health assessment and community members can share their site-related health concerns. The sessions will be held from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. and again from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Arco United Methodist Church, 12 Ross Road in Brunswick, Ga.
Release Date: Friday, August 27, 2004
No on-site contaminants or dust releases from the Atlantic Station Redevelopment Project are at levels that would cause adverse health effects, according to the public health consultation the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) is releasing today. The project is under multiphase construction near downtown Atlanta.
Release Date: Friday, February 27, 2004
A case study on Iodine 131 (I-131) is now available on the ATSDR internet site http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/HEC/CSEM/iodine/index.html. This case study discusses the ways in which people were exposed to I-131 in the environment, the physical effects, and thyroid tumors of past I-131 exposures.
Release Date: Tuesday, January 27, 2004
ATSDR today announced the release of the ATSDR ToxFAQs and ToxFAQ en Español 2003 CD-ROM, which features a series of chemical-specific fact sheets summarizing hazardous substances. ToxFAQs are accessible in both English and Español on the ATSDR Web site.
Release Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2003
A public health consultation on the Atlantic Station Redevelopment site in Atlanta, Ga., has been issued by ATSDR for public review and comment. The agency categorized the site as no apparent public health hazard and has extended the public comment period through Nov. 30.
Release Date: Friday, August 01, 2003
The health consultation for Atlanta's Atlantic Station redevelopment project finds there is no apparent public health hazard from contamination on the site. The document is available for public review and comment through Sept. 2.
Release Date: Friday, January 10, 2003
ATSDR released seven updated toxicological profiles for hazardous substances found at EPA National Priorities List sites. Five other profiles have been updated and are released for public comment through Feb 24. These will be released as final after ATSDR's review of comments received from the public.
Release Date: Wednesday, January 08, 2003
ATSDR's Voluntary Research Program Works with Industry Groups To Fill Priority Research Needs on Hazardous Substances: Recent Computer Modeling Study Predicts No Effects of Methylene Chloride on Human Immune System
Release Date: Wednesday, March 13, 2002
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a public health agency of the U.S. Department Health and Human Services, today announced that the agency will host an Open House in Gainesville, Georgia, to discuss the agency's public health assessment for the Newtown Community.
Release Date: Thursday, February 28, 2002
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a public health agency of the U.S. Department Health and Human Services, today announced the availability of the public comment version of its health assessment for the Newtown Community in Gainesville, Georgia.
Release Date: Monday, February 25, 2002
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) will host a meeting of its Community and Tribal Subcommittee. The primary agenda items for the meeting include: an update on ATSDR's Mission; ATSDR's Fiscal Year 2002 Annual Plan of Work at Department of Defense facilities; ATSDR's Strategic Plan; ATSDR's Public Health Assessment Guidance Manual Overview; and ATSDR Environmental Justice Update. Meetings are open to the public, limited by available space.
Release Date: Thursday, November 08, 2001
ATSDR will host two meetings of its Community and Tribal Subcommittee (CTS) on Tuesday, November 13, and Wednesday, November 14, 2001, at the Sheraton, Colony Square Hotel, 188 14th Street, Atlanta, Georgia.
Release Date: Thursday, November 08, 2001
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a public health agency of U.S. Department Health and Human Services, today announced the availability of the final version of its public health assessment for the Joliet Army Ammunition Plant in Joliet, Illinois.
Release Date: Wednesday, October 31, 2001
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a public health agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, announced today the availability of the final version of its public health assessment for the Marine Corps Logistics Base (MCLB) in Albany, Georgia.
Release Date: Tuesday, October 16, 2001
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a public health agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, announced today the availability of the final version of its public health assessment for the Marine Corps Logistics Base (MCLB) in Albany, Georgia.
Release Date: Wednesday, December 20, 2000
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a public health agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, announced today the availability of seven toxicological profiles. The toxicological profiles just released are those for aldrin/dieldrin (update), beryllium (update), creosote (update), DDT/DDD/DDE (update), di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (update), hexachlorobenzene (update), and methoxychlor (update).
Release Date: Friday, October 20, 2000
ATSDR announced today the release of its draft health consultation for the Bulk Distribution Center in Atlanta, Georgia. ATSDR prepared the health consultation in response to a request from residents living near the site who expressed concerns about operations at the center and potential human health effects. ATSDR visited the site and reviewed available environmental data related to the site. This health consultation summarizes ATSDR activities and findings.
Release Date: Monday, October 16, 2000
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a public health agency of U.S. Department Health and Human Services, today announced the availability of its draft public health assessment for the Newtown Community in Gainesville, Georgia.
Release Date: Sunday, February 27, 2000
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) will host a meeting of its Community and Tribal Subcommittee on Tuesday, May 2, and Wednesday, May 3, 2000, at the Holiday Inn Select Hotel, 130 Clairmont Road, Decatur, Georgia.
Release Date: Tuesday, October 26, 1999
ATSDR announced today the availability of the draft results of its public health assessment for the Escambia Wood-Camilla site (also known as Camilla Wood Preserving Company or Escambia Treating Company) in Camilla, Georgia.
Release Date: Monday, June 07, 1999
The Agency For Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a public health agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, announced today the release of its latest Trichloroethylene (TCE) Subregistry Registrant Report.
Release Date: Monday, April 19, 1999
ATSDR announced today its updated Toxicological Profile for Mercury. This document replaces an earlier profile that was released in 1994.
Release Date: Wednesday, February 17, 1999
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a public health agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has released its latest update of the Superfund-mandated Substance-Specific Applied Research Program (SSARP). The update, which was published in the Federal Register on January 15, 1999, provides information on the agency's progress to identify and fill research needs for the most hazardous substances found at waste sites.
Release Date: Tuesday, February 16, 1999
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a public health agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, announced today the establishment of its Office of Tribal Affairs. The office is intended to better serve the needs of American Indian and Alaska Native tribes.
Release Date: Thursday, January 14, 1999
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a public health agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, announced today the availability of 12 toxicological profiles. ATSDR is directed by Congress to produce toxicological profiles for hazardous substances found at National Priorities List (NPL) sites. Each toxicological profile examines, summarizes, and interprets available toxicologic information and epidemiologic evaluations on a given hazardous substance. Toxicological profiles are reviewed periodically and updated as significant new information becomes available.