Vieques, Puerto Rico: Documents Dealing with the Isla de Vieques Bombing Range

Press Releases

• ATSDR News Vieques, Puerto Rico - August 22, 2001.

• Ponce School of Medicine and ATSDR Release Summary of Vieques Heart Study Review Panel - October 23, 2001.

• ATSDR Web News: Isla de Vieques, Puerto Rico - November 1, 2001.

• ATSDR Releases Public Comment Version of Focused Public Health Assessment on Fish and Shellfish for Vieques Bombing Range Site, Vieques, Puerto Rico - November 27, 2002.

• ATSDR Releases Public Comment Version of Focused Public Health Assessment on Air Pathway for the Isla de Vieques Bombing Range Site, Vieques, Puerto Rico - December 18, 2002.

• ATSDR Releases Final Public Health Assessment on Consumption of Fish and Shellfish in Vieques, Puerto Rico - July 21, 2003.

• ATSDR Releases Final Health Assessment on Air Pathway for the Isla de Vieques Bombing Range Site, Vieques, Puerto Rico - Finding is No Apparent Public Health Hazard - September 15, 2003.

Fact Sheets

• Groundwater and Drinking Water Public Health Assessment for Isla de Vieques, Puerto Rico - October 17, 2001.

• Focused Public Health Assessment Soil Pathway Evaluation for Isla de Vieques, Puerto Rico - October 25, 2001.

• A Summary of ATSDR’s Environmental Health Evaluations for the Isla de Vieques Bombing Range - November 2003.

• A Profile of ATSDR’s Environmental Health Evaluations for the Isla de Vieques Bombing Range - November 2003.

Medical Studies

• Expert Review of the Vieques Heart Study Summary Report for the Vieques Heart Study Expert Panel Review - August 17, 2001.

Public Health Assessments

• Petitioned Public Health Assessment - Soil Pathway Evaluation - Isla de Vieques Bombing Range, Vieques, Puerto Rico - February 7, 2003

• Focused Public Health Assessment - Drinking Water Supplies and Groundwater Pathway Evaluation - Isla de Vieques Bombing Range, Vieques, Puerto Rico - October 16, 2001

• Public Health Assessment - Fish and Shellfish Evaluation - Isla de Vieques Bombing Range, Vieques, Puerto Rico - June 27, 2003

• Public Health Assessment - Air Pathway Evaluation - Isla de Vieques Bombing Range, Vieques, Puerto Rico - August 26, 2003

Hazdat Records

Documents from Other Agencies

• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Federal Facilities: Vieques Island

• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 2: Vieques, Puerto Rico

• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Vieques National Wildlife Refuge

General Information

• Groundwater

• ATSDR Activities in Puerto Rico

Where Can I Get Additional Information?

You can obtain printed copies of the documents by communicating with ATSDR (1-888-42-ATSDR.) Printed copies are also available at the Vieques Public Library (Calle Carlos Lebrum, Vieques), the "Fideicomiso de Conservación e Historia de Vieques" (Calle Flamboyán, Vieques) and at the School of Public Health of the University of Puerto Rico (San Juan, Puerto Rico.)

For more information, call Maria Teran-MacIver, Community Involvement Specialist, toll free, at 1-888-42ATSDR (extension 1724), or call Arthur Block, ATSDR Regional Representative, Region 2, in New York at 212-637-4307.