Friday, January 22, 2010
Frequent contact with waste tailings on the Iron Mountain Mine and Mill (IMM) site, the Flat Creek floodplain, and the town of Superior could harm people's health, reports a federal health assessment. Levels of arsenic and lead are of public health concern if residents, particularly children, repeatedly contact areas affected by waste tailings in and around Superior, MT.
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010
In response to interest expressed by the community, the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) are hosting a public availability session in Chanute to better understand the community’s environmental health concerns.
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Frequent contact with waste tailings on the Iron Mountain Mine and Mill (IMM) site, the Flat Creek floodplain, and the town of Superior could harm people’s health, says a federal health assessment. Levels of arsenic and lead are of public health concern if residents, particularly children, repeatedly contact areas affected by waste tailings in and around Superior, MT.
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Monday, May 22, 2006
A report released by the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) says that some past practices at Navy-owned property at Allegany Ballistics Laboratory (ABL), in Mineral County, West Virginia, have released contaminants into the environment. The agency’s conclusions are provided below.
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Thursday, December 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 availability session in Alberton, Montana, on Wednesday, December 8, 1999.
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Tuesday, May 16, 2000
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry will hold two public availability sessions in the Alberton, Montana, area on May 22nd and 23rd. The meetings will be to discuss the summary report of the findings from the Alberton Medical Intervention and Health Evaluation. Dr. Cynthia Lewis-Younger will present her findings and answer questions.
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Monday, May 15, 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 conduct public availability sessions in the Alberton, Montana, area on May 22 and 23.
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Tuesday, August 17, 1999
The U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry - or A-T-S-D-R - and the Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics will be offering free medical evaluations to people who were exposed to hazardous chemicals during the Alberton train derailment in 1996.
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Thursday, August 5, 1999
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a public health agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics (AOEC) today announced a medical evaluation program for residents of Alberton, Montana
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Tuesday, June 15, 1999
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a public health agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the Alberton Community Advisory Group for Health Concerns will hold a meeting on Monday, June 21, 1999, to discuss changes and revisions to the draft Alberton Public Health Needs Assessment.
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Friday, May 14, 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 that it has released two documents dealing with on-going health concerns related to the 1996 Montana Rail Link train derailment near Alberton, Montana.
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