(ATLANTA, GA) – The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) released its final report, an “Evaluation of Surface Soil and Garden Produce Exposures” for the 35th Avenue site in North Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama. The public comment version was released on July 22, 2015.
The health consultation report looked at residential surface soil contamination (arsenic, lead, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (called PAHs) levels) in people’s yards on the site and a limited number of homegrown garden produce in residential properties in Collegeville, Fairmont, and Harriman Park to see if people’s contact with these compounds could harm their health.
To read the report visit: https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/hac/pha/HCPHA.asp?State=AL.
Copies of the health consultation can also be reviewed during regular hours at the Harriman Park Recreational Center, 4347 F. L. Shuttlesworth Drive Birmingham AL.
For more information about ATSDR’s work in Birmingham, AL visit https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/sites/35avenuesite/index.html or call 1-800-CDC-INFO (1-800-232-4636).
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ATSDR, a federal public health agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, evaluates the potential for adverse human health effects of exposure to hazardous substances in the environment.