ATSDR MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENT
Oak
Ridge Reservation Health Effects Subcommittee
To Hold Meeting in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
For Immediate Release: October 17, 2002
ATLANTA - The Oak Ridge Reservation Health Effects Subcommittee (ORRHES) will meet from 12:00 p.m. through 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 22 at the YWCA, 1660 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. At the request of ORRHES, presentations will be made by the following:
ORRHES is a representative and knowledgeable body of citizens from the Oak Ridge area. ORRHES provides advice and recommendations to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and ATSDR on the two agencies' public health activities and research regarding the Oak Ridge Reservation site. ORRHES members work with private citizens, advocacy groups, state agencies and federal agencies in the region and provide community members with an opportunity to communicate directly with federal public health agencies.
Members of the community who have questions about this meeting, ORRHES or ATSDR activities at the Oak Ridge Reservation may contact the ORRHES Designated Federal Official, La Freta Dalton, at ATSDR at 1-888-422-8737 (toll free) or Bill Murray at the ATSDR Oak Ridge Field Office at (865) 220-0295.
Members of the news media are requested
to make an appointment to interview ATSDR staff. Call John Florence or Kathy
Skipper in the ATSDR Office of Policy and External Affairs at 770-488-0700.
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updated October 18, 2002
For more information, contact ATSDR at:
770-488-0700 or e-mail
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