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Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry What's New Media Advisory: April 19, 1999 - ATSDR Updates its Toxicological Profile for Mercury. The Draft Agenda for Public Health Activities for FY 1999 and FY 2000 at U.S. Department of Energy Sites has been released for public review and comment. ATSDR's Web site has won the CiteLine "Valuable Resource" Award. CiteLine includes only sites that have been carefully screened for quality of content, overall usability and value to healthcare professionals. The CiteLine "Valuable Resource" award confirms a site as a credible source of healthcare information. Industrial Chemicals and Terrorism is a paper that presents a 10-step procedure to analyze, mitigate, and prevent public health hazards resulting from terrorism involving industrial chemicals. Chemical Hazards During the Recent War in Croatia summarizes the many uses of chemicals as weapons in the recent conflict between Croatia and Yugoslavia. ATSDR's Toxicological Profile Information Sheet is now available with current information on all of ATSDR's Toxicological Profile publications. Public Health Concerns At Department of Energy Sites: Progress Report highlights the activities and accomplishments of ATSDR in addressing public health issues in the communities near Department of Energy hazardous waste sites. The document is also available as an Adobe Acrobat PDF File (929K). Information on the Woburn, MA site featured in the film "A Civil Action" may be found at:   • http://www.magnet.state.ma.us/dph/beha/woburn.htm   • http://www.epa.gov/region01/remed/sfsites/wellsgh.html You can sign up to receive a copy of ATSDR's Public Health Assessment for the Hanford nuclear site when it is released for public comment by filling out the online form. Dioxin and Dioxin-Like Compounds in Soil, Part 1: ATSDR Interim Policy Guideline has been adopted by ATSDR to assess the public health implications of dioxin and dioxin-like compounds in residential soils near or on hazardous waste sites. The Proceedings of the PCB Expert Panel Workshop evaluates all pertinent information related to the public health implications of human exposure to PCBs. The Toxicologic Hazard of Superfund Hazardous Waste Sites is a scientific analysis of the threat posed to public health by uncontrolled hazardous waste sites.

Contents

• ATSDR National Alerts
• ATSDR Public Health Advisories
• ATSDR Announcements
• ATSDR Job Opportunities
• About ATSDR
  • Fiscal Year 1999 Performance Plan
  • Background and Congressional Mandates
  • Organizational Structure
  • Goals
  • Statement of Values
  • ATSDR Glossary of Terms
  • EPA Glossary of Terms
• ATSDR/CDC FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) Office
• ATSDR Addresses and Phone Numbers
• ATSDR Contacts
  • State Cooperative Agreement Staff
• ATSDR Datasets/Resources
  • The HazDat Database
    • Query and Search
    • Contacts and References
  • ATSDR Science Corner
  • ATSDR Environmental Health Officer
  • Toxicology - the Health Effects of Hazardous Substances
    • ATSDR's Division of Toxicology
    • Toxicological Profile Information Sheet
    • ToxFAQs
    • The Toxicologic Hazard of Superfund Hazardous Waste Sites
    • ATSDR/EPA Top 20 Hazardous Substances
    • Minimal Risk Levels (MRLs) for Hazardous Substances
    • 1997 CERCLA Priority List of Hazardous Substances
    • 1997 Completed Exposure Pathway (CEP) Site Count Report
    • Information Center Bookmarks to Web Resources
  • Health Assessments and Consultations
    • ATSDR Division of Health Assessment and Consultation
    • Environmental Data Needed for Public Health Assessments
    • Public Health Assessment Guidance Manual
    • Public Health Assessments (Full Documents)
    • Proceedings of the PCB Expert Panel Workshop
  • Health Education and Communication
    • Hazardous Substances & Public Health (Newsletter)
    • A Primer on Health Risk Communication Principles and Practices
    • An Evaluation Primer on Health Risk Communication Programs and Outcomes
    • Case Studies in Environmental Medicine (CME/CEU credit)
    • Methyl Parathion Expert Panel Report
  • Health Studies
    • Guidance for ATSDR Health Studies
    • Hazardous Substances Emergency Events Surveillance (HSEES) - Annual Report 1995
    • Hazardous Substances Emergency Events Surveillance (HSEES) - Annual Report 1996
  • Urban Environmental Issues
    • ATSDR Office of Urban Affairs
  • Special Initiatives and Projects
    • ATSDR Child Health Initiative
    • ATSDR Great Lakes Human Health Effects Research Program
    • ATSDR Mississippi Delta Project
    • ATSDR Minority Health Program
  • Reports, Policy, and Congressional Testimony
    • ATSDR's Washington D.C. Office and Relevant Legislation
    • Report to Congress: 1993-1995 (Executive Summary)
    • Biennial Report to Congress: 1991-1992 (Executive Statement)
    • Dioxin and Dioxin-Like Compounds in Soil, Part 1: ATSDR Interim Policy Guideline
    • ATSDR Cancer Policy Framework
    • Congressional Testimony
  • Software
    • CLUSTER version 3.1 (Disease cluster analysis software)
• Related Organizations and Internet Resources (Government)
  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
    • HHS Environmental Health Policy Committee
    • Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
    • Commissioned Corps / Surgeon General
      • Sanitarian Officer Category
    • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
    • National Institutes of Health (NIH)
      • National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
        • NIEHS Superfund Basic Research Program
        • National Toxicology Program (NTP)
  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
    • EPA Superfund Information
    • EPA's Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)
    • National Environmental Respiratory Center (NERC)
• Other Internet Resources (See Disclaimer)
  • ATSDR Information Center Bookmarks to Other Internet Resources
  • The Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics (A.O.E.C.)
  • CIESIN (Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network)
  • The Collegium Ramazzini
  • Environmental Defense Fund's Chemical Scorecard for Communities
  • International Joint Commission (US & Canada) Health Professionals Task Force
  • The Chemical Industry Home Page
  • The Sierra Club
  • State Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs) Environmental Campaigns
  • Environment and Nature (Yahoo! Web Guide)
  • Environmental Health (Yahoo! Web Guide)
• ATSDR WWW Server Usage Statistics

About ATSDR

ATSDR is directed by congressional mandate to perform 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, response to emergency releases of hazardous substances, applied research in support of public health assessments, information development and dissemination, and education and training concerning hazardous substances.

ATSDR's mission and the goals of ATSDR are reflected within its organizational structure and its statement of values.

Definitions of words and phrases used by ATSDR can be found in the ATSDR Glossary of Terms.

ATSDR Addresses and Phone Numbers

ATSDR

"Group Name"

1600 Clifton Rd., ("Mail Stop")

Atlanta, GA 30333

                                                  Mail
Group Name                                        Stop Telephone      Fax
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Office of the Assistant Administrator             E28  (404)639-0700  (404)639-0744
Washington, D.C. Office                           P13  (202)690-7536  (202)690-6985 
Board of Scientific Counselors                    E28  (404)639-0708  (404)639-0586
Office of Federal Programs                        E28  (404)639-0730  (404)639-0759
Office of Policy and External Affairs             E60  (404)639-0500  (404)639-0522
Office of Program Operations and Management       E60  (404)639-0550  (404)639-0568
Office of Regional Operations                     E42  (404)639-6090  (404)639-0740
Office of the Associate Administrator for Science E28  (404)639-0708  (404)639-0586
Division of Health Assessment and Consultation    E32  (404)639-0610  (404)639-0654
Division of Health Education and Promotion        E33  (404)639-6204  (404)639-6207
Division of Health Studies                        E31  (404)639-6200  (404)639-6220
Division of Toxicology                            E29  (404)639-6300  (404)639-6315

ATSDR Contacts

• General Information
  • The ATSDR Information Center / ATSDRIC@cdc.gov / 1-888-42-ATSDR or 1-888-422-8737
• Senior Management
  • Amler, Robert W., M.D., Chief Medical Officer
  • Bashor, Mark M., Ph.D., Associate Administrator for Federal Programs, Office of Federal Programs
  • DeRosa, Christopher T., Ph.D., Director, Division of Toxicology
  • Falk, Henry, M.D., M.P.H., Acting Assistant Administrator
  • Johnson, Barry L., Ph.D., Assistant Administrator (Retired)
  • Jones, Georgi A., Director, Office of Policy and External Affairs
  • Harris, Barbara W., Director, Office of Program Operations and Management
  • Lichtveld, Maureen, M.D., Director, Division of Health Education and Promotion
  • Lybarger, Jeffrey A., M.D., M.S., Director, Division of Health Studies
  • McCumiskey, Peter J., Deputy Assistant Administrator
  • Reyes, Juan J., M.P.A. Director, Office of Regional Operations
  • Spengler, Robert, Sc.D., Associate Administrator for Science
  • Touch, Ralph J., Jr., Capt., Chief Environmental Health Officer
  • Wargo, Andrea, Ph.D., Associate Administrator, Washington, D.C. Office
  • Warren, Rueben C., D.D.S., Dr.P.H., Associate Administrator, Office of Urban Affairs
  • Williams, Robert C., P.E., D.E.E., Director, Division of Health Assessment and Consultation
  • Xintaras, Charlie, Sc.D., Executive Secretary (Retired), Board of Scientific Counselors
• ATSDR Employees
  • Search the Department of Health and Human Services Employee Directory

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