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ATSDR Finds No Health Hazard at Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant

Wednesday, September 7, 2005
A report released by the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) says that people exposed to chemicals from the Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant (NWIRP) in Bedford, Mass. are unlikely to become ill.
Hanscom AFB Health Assessment in Massachusetts

Friday, May 14, 2004
A public health assessment on Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford, Mass., has been issued by ATSDR. The agency has determined that past exposure to surface soil is an indeterminate public health hazard because ATSDR scientists lacked sampling data about conditions before site remediation activities. However, ATSDR considers current and future contact with surface soil to pose no public health hazard.
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