Release Date: Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Levels of manganese in the air in East Liverpool are a public health hazard and should be lowered, states a federal public health agency.
Release Date: Tuesday, November 09, 2010
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Ohio EPA, and the Ohio Department of Health will share findings and answer questions about recent evaluations of manganese exposure in the city.
Release Date: Friday, July 03, 2009
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) will fund a local health study to evaluate potential health effects from exposure to manganese. The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) has recommended this next step after completing a year-long air investigation in the Mid-Ohio Valley. Representatives from ATSDR and EPA will be in the Marietta area in early July to discuss the findings of the air investigation and the plans for the new study.
Release Date: Tuesday, February 26, 2008
As their year-long Marietta Air Investigation in the Mid-Ohio Valley enters its final phase, the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) has launched a Web site for area residents to view updated site information, including air sampling results.
Release Date: Friday, March 09, 2007
As part of the air quality investigation of the Marietta Air Emissions Site in Ohio, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) has added additional air monitoring stations. The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will operate the air monitors and perform the laboratory analyses in the year-long data collection designed to show whether chemical emissions from five facilities in the former Union Carbide industrial complex (Chevron/Phillips, Eramet Marietta, Inc., Eveready, American Municipal Power Ohio, Solvay) may affect human health.
Release Date: Monday, November 13, 2006
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) will announce the collective results of its testing for beryllium sensitization at a public meeting in Elmore, Ohio, on Nov. 15. The meeting is 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the Elmore Community Center, 410 Clinton St.
Release Date: Monday, March 27, 2006
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) announced today a plan to provide a community service to people living or working near the Brush Wellman facility in Elmore, Ohio, who remain concerned about past beryllium exposures and their health. The plan includes a free blood test for beryllium sensitization.
Release Date: Tuesday, October 11, 2005
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) will host community meetings on Oct. 18 and 19 to talk about upcoming air sampling at the Perma-Fix site in Dayton, Ohio.
Release Date: Thursday, August 18, 2005
At a public meeting Aug. 23, scientists from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) will announce preliminary results of a study of hydrogen sulfide emissions from the Warren Recycling Landfill in Warren, Ohio, and health effects reported by people living and working nearby.
Release Date: Thursday, January 13, 2005
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) will hold a community meeting on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2005, to hear community members' health concerns that may be related to the Perma-Fix (aka Clark Oil) site in Dayton, Ohio.
Release Date: Thursday, September 02, 2004
The low levels of chemicals and radioactive materials to which nearby residents at the Fernald Environmental Management Project in Hamilton, Ohio, may be exposed are not at levels that would cause adverse health effects, finds the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in its public health assessment released recently.
Release Date: Thursday, August 26, 2004
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) released for public comment its public health consultation for the Sunoco Refinery site in Oregon, Ohio. The document will be available for public review and comment at the Oregon Branch Library and the East Toledo Family Center through Oct. 5.
Release Date: Monday, August 23, 2004
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) released the final version of its public health assessment (PHA) on the Defense Electronics Supply Center/Gentile Air Force Station Site (Gentile AFS) in Kettering, Ohio. The assessment concludes that there is no public health hazard.
Release Date: Tuesday, August 03, 2004
After "outstanding participation" from community members, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) completed more than a month of field activities in Warren, Ohio, as part of a hydrogen sulfide health investigation near the Warren Recycling Landfill.
Agency scientists launched the investigation June 10. The field activities were ATSDR's first step in attempting to determine if a correlation exists between hydrogen sulfide emissions from the landfill and health problems reported by people living or working nearby.
Release Date: Thursday, July 15, 2004
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a public health agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will hold a community meeting on July 20 to discuss environmental health investigation activities ATSDR has conducted in Oregon and the upcoming public health consultation on the Sun Oil Co. site.
The community meeting will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the East Toledo Family Center, 1020 Varland Ave. (at the corner of Varland and East Broadway) in Toledo, Ohio. ATSDR representatives will update the community on site-related activities, including air monitoring, first outlined at an October 2003 community meeting.
Release Date: Wednesday, June 23, 2004
Study participants began reaching their half-way points on June 24 in the Warren Recycling landfill hydrogen sulfide study. The month-long ATSDR study is investigating the impact of exposure to hydrogen sulfide on the respiratory health of people who live, work or go to school near the Warren Recycling landfill in Warren, Ohio.
Release Date: Monday, June 07, 2004
ATSDR will hold a public availability session about the public comment version of the Gentile Air Force Station public health assessment from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. on June 14, 2004, at the Dwight L. Barnes building, 3750 Far Hills Ave., Kettering, Ohio. The public comment period for the health assessment continues through June 28, 2004.
Release Date: Friday, June 04, 2004
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a public health agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, today announced that a public meeting and availability session will be held Wednesday, June 9. The purpose of the meeting is to inform community members about a state-requested health study ATSDR will conduct in the area around the Warren Recycling facility and to recruit 100 or more volunteers to participate in the study.
Release Date: Thursday, May 20, 2004
ATSDR will hold a public meeting May 24, 2004, to update Marietta, Ohio, community members about ATSDR's air modeling and other environmental health activities in Marietta. The meeting will be 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. in the Washington State Community College Graham Auditorium, 710 Colegate Dr., Marietta.
Release Date: Wednesday, May 19, 2004
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 for public review and comment a public health assessment (PHA) for the Gentile Air Force Station (AFS) in Kettering, Ohio.
The public comment period is from May 6 through June 28, 2004. The public health assessment may be reviewed at the Kettering Public Library, Wilmington-Stroop Branch, 290 Wilmington Pike, Kettering, Ohio.
Release Date: Thursday, February 19, 2004
The final version of a public health consultation on the Washington County Air Quality Site in Marietta, Ohio, has been issued by ATSDR. On the basis of lack of data, the agency categorizes the Washington County site as an indeterminate public health hazard.
Release Date: Monday, December 08, 2003
A public health consultation on the Warren Township site in Warren, Ohio, has been issued by ATSDR. The agency categorizes the site as an urgent public health hazard.
Release Date: Wednesday, December 03, 2003
ATSDR staff to hold community meeting and question and answer session in Marietta, Ohio regarding air quality issues near the former Union Carbide facility on Route 7 in Washington County, Ohio.
Release Date: Wednesday, October 08, 2003
ATSDR representatives will hold a public availability session on Oct. 14 to discuss upcoming air sampling that will be conducted in the community near the Sun Oil Co. site in Oregon, Ohio.
Release Date: Monday, June 30, 2003
ATSDR seeks community input on protocol for beryllium exposure investigation in Elmore, Ohio. A meeting to provide further information and answer questions from community members is scheduled for July 14.
Release Date: Friday, June 27, 2003
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a public health agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will hold a public meeting on June 27 to discuss the results of its exposure investigation on air levels of hydrogen sulfide. ATSDR also will participate in a local health fair and conduct a seminar for community health care providers.
Release Date: Monday, June 23, 2003
ATSDR will hold a public meeting on June 27 to discuss the results of its exposure investigation on air levels of hydrogen sulfide in Warren Township, Ohio.
Release Date: Wednesday, April 09, 2003
ATSDR will hold a public meeting April 11 in Levittsburg, Ohio, to discuss the agency's findings concerning hydrogen sulfide in groundwater at Warren Township. Conclusions and recommendations are presented in ATSDR's public health consultation.
Release Date: Tuesday, September 17, 2002
In a health consultation released today, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) concludes that hydrogen sulfide levels in ambient (outdoor) air in Warren Township (Ohio ) community could pose a health threat to local residents and children. This conclusion is based on air data collected in May and June 2002, and some 60 interviews with residents at a public availability session Tuesday, August 6, 2002.
Release Date: Thursday, August 29, 2002
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a public health agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, today released a draft health consultation announcing an urgent public health hazard related to fire and explosion for Cady Road residents who use private well water. The area of concern is an estimated 1/2 mile stretch of Cady Road, located in North Royalton, about 20 miles southeast of Cleveland.
Release Date: Friday, October 12, 2001
Evaluation of private well water and indoor/outdoor air along Cady Road in North Royalton, Ohio indicates no contaminants at levels which would likely make people sick.
Release Date: Friday, October 12, 2001
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), today announced the release of its public health consultation for the Cady Road site in North Royalton, Ohio. The document is being published as a draft for public comment.
Release Date: Friday, October 12, 2001
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a public health agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, today announced the availability of its draft public health consultation for the Brush Wellman plant in Elmore, Ohio. ATSDR is releasing this public health consultation as a draft for public comment.
Release Date: Friday, October 12, 2001
ATSDR today announced the availability of its draft public health consultation for the Brush Wellman plant in Elmore, Ohio. ATSDR is releasing this public health consultation as a draft for public comment.
Release Date: Friday, October 12, 2001
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), today announced the release of its public health consultation for the Cady Road site in North Royalton, Ohio. The document is being published as a draft for public comment.
Release Date: Wednesday, May 23, 2001
ATSDR today announced that it will hold a public availability session in North Royalton, Ohio, to talk with residents about concerns related to private well water quality along Cady Road.
Release Date: Wednesday, June 14, 2000
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a public health agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will hold a public meeting in Harrison, Ohio, to discuss the public health assessment for the Feed Materials Production Center (also known as the Fernald Environmental Management Project) in Fernald, Ohio.
Release Date: Friday, May 26, 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 release of the draft results of its public health assessment for the Feed Materials Production Center (U.S. DOE ) a.k.a. Fernald Environmental Management Project in Fernald, Ohio, Butler and Hamilton Counties. The document will be available for public review and comment beginning May 31, 2000.
Release Date: Monday, August 09, 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 public health consultation for Elyria, Ohio.
Release Date: Friday, July 23, 1999
On July 30, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) will begin testing children in Ohio who were exposed to indoor application of the pesticide methyl parathion in 1994. The planning for this study started in 1996 after similar illegal spraying was discovered in Mississippi.
Release Date: Friday, November 27, 1998
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 plans to hold a community planning meeting for residents of Marion, Ohio, to discuss health concerns related to ongoing environmental investigations at River Valley High School.