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ATSDR

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Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR),
an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, charged with performing specific functions concerning the effect on public health of hazardous substances in the environment. These functions include public health assessments of waste sites, health consultations concerning specific hazardous substances, health surveillance and registries, emergency responses to release of hazardous substances, applied research in support of public health assessments, information development and dissemination, and education and training concerning hazardous substances.

ATSDR 
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

ATSDR
Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry


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Previous appointments at CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) include Scientific Technical Advisor for a $4 million congressionally mandated applied research program which addressed data needs for hazardous substances identified by ATSDR.
The CDC (Center for Disease Control), and the ATSDR (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry) have recently released reports on mercury being a health risk to children and pregnant women.
ATSDR will explain its findings at a public meeting in Bridgeport tonight.
 
 
 
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