Report available for comment through May 7

For Immediate Release: March 19, 2007

ATLANTA - Exposure to site-related chemicals are not expected to cause harmful health effects to those living near the Blue Ridge Plating site in Arden, NC, says a report released by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). This is because the general public does not come in contact with chemicals from this site.

The Blue Ridge Plating Site is an active electroplating and metal finishing facility. Activities at the site involve the use of zinc, cadmium, chromium, tin, copper, cyanide and black oxide.

ATSDR used available data to determine if exposures to contaminants in surface soil, dry sediment and surface water could cause a health hazard. The general public does not come in contact with chemicals from this site, and therefore is not at risk for health effects. Specific findings include: