Website: http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/hazdat.html.
Description: The Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) is a federal
public health agency of the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS). Its Hazardous Substance Release
and Health Effects Database (HazDat) is a scientific
and administrative database developed to provide access
to information on the release of hazardous substances
from Superfund sites or from emergency events, and on
the effects of hazardous substances on the health of
human populations. The following information is included
in HazDat: site characteristics, activities and site
events, contaminants found, contaminant media and maximum
concentration levels, impact on population, community
health concerns, ATSDR public health threat categorization,
ATSDR recommendations, environmental fate of hazardous
substances, exposure routes, and physical hazards at
the site/event. In addition, HazDat contains substance-specific
information such as the ATSDR Priority List of Hazardous
Substances, health effects by route and duration of exposure,
metabolites, interactions of substances, susceptible
populations, and biomarkers of exposure and effects.
HazDat also contains data from the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Information System (CERCLIS)
database, including site CERCLIS number, site description,
latitude/longitude, operable units, and additional site
information.
Access: HazDat may be queried
directly from a World-Wide Web Browser with Forms support
by clicking on any one of the database queries listed
in: http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/hazdat.html#A3.1.2 (see “Database
Access” section)
Or by contacting
the:
ATSDR Information Center
Mailstop E-29
1600 Clifton Rd.
Atlanta, GA 30333 U.S.A.
Toll-free Phone: 1-888-422-8737
Fax: 404-498-0093
Online contact information
form: http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/contactus.html
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