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Tuesday, August 23, 2005
People living or working in the Bear Creek Chemical Area Site in Butler and Armstrong Counties, Pa., should continue drinking and cooking with only bottled water, according to a public health assessment released by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR).

Thursday, September 2, 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.

Wednesday, September 1, 2004
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) will hold a public availability session followed by a community meeting on Sept. 7 to discuss the findings from the public health assessment on the Bear Creek Chemical Area site in Butler and Armstrong Counties, Pa. The public availability session is designed to allow community members to meet individually with ATSDR representatives to discuss concerns about potentially site-related health issues. The session will be held at the Petrolia Volunteer Fire Hall, 200 Argyle Street in Petrolia, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Monday, August 16, 2004
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) today released for public review and comment its public health assessment (PHA) of the Bear Creek site in Butler and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania, which indicates that the site currently poses no apparent public health hazard.

Thursday, July 10, 2003
ATSDR will hold a public availability session about the Bear Creek Chemical Area site in Petrolia, Pa. on July 15.

Tuesday, October 26, 1999
ATSDR announced today the availability of the draft results of its public health assessment for the Callery Chemical site in Evans City, Pennsylvania.
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