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Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

JNSC Site Evansville, IN

ATSDR

Federal Public Health Agency in the

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

based in Atlanta, GA

ATSDR's Mission

Serve the Public through Responsive Public Health Actions

Promote Healthy and Safe Environments

Prevent Harmful Exposures

What does ATSDR do?

  • Identifies how people might be exposed to hazardous substances

ATSDR PHA Process

Who are the people exposed?

  • Assess exposures to chemicals and determines if the exposures are hazardous to human health

How are these people exposed?

How long did the exposure last?

  • Work with communities, environmental groups, tribal goverments and local, state

and federal agencies to protect public health

How often did the exposure occur?

How much of the chemical were people exposed to?

ATSDR's

Public Health Assessment Process

1. Review environmental data from a site

2. Identify ways people might come in contact

through soil, water, air

3. Determine if people are being exposed

4. How exposure might affect public health

(not harmful, can not be determined, harmful)

5. Provide conclusions and recommendations

ATSDR Contacts

JNSC Site Conclusions:

ATSDR reviewed environmental data and determined that the levels of lead and arsenic represent a health threat.

Mark Johnson, PhD, DABT

Region 5 Director

ATSDR hopes to increase the blood lead screening offered by the VCHD.

Tammie McRae, MS

Environmental Health Scientist

Sylvia Allen-Lewis, MA

Health Education Specialist

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