ATSDR staff members conducted a health consultation, a community and physician education program, and an exposure investigation in response to health concerns of residents living in the area of the Watts Bar Reservoir. Following are summaries of these activities.

• Watts Bar Reservoir Exposure Investigation, March 1998
  ATSDR conducted an exposure investigation to find out whether people eating turtles or fish from the Watts Bar Reservoir were exposed to elevated levels of PCBs and mercury.
  
  Analysis of the blood samples obtained showed that the levels of PCBs and mercury found were very similar to the levels found in the general U.S. population.

• Community and Physician Education: Health Risks Associated with PCBs in Reservoir Fish, September 1996
  In September 1996, ATSDR provided educational programs on PCBs in fish to local residents and health care providers.
  
  
• Lower Watts Bar Reservoir Health Consultation, February 1996
  The 1996 health consultation on the Lower Watts Bar Reservoir, ATSDR concluded that PCBs in lower Watts Bar Reservoir fish pose a public health concern.

• Lower Watts Bar Reservoir Health Consultation Summary, February 1996
  Summary of the Lower Watts Bar Reservoir Health Consultation.