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ATSDR MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENT
ATSDR Releases Public Health Assessment on Agana Power Plant in Guam
Chemical Exposures Evaluated Do Not Pose Health Hazard to Residents
For Immediate Release: Oct. 22, 2003
ATLANTA - The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a public health agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, recently released a public health assessment that evaluated exposure pathways for past and current contaminants associated with the Agana Power Plant in Guam.
ATSDR finds that none of the chemical exposures evaluated pose a public health hazard. ATSDR prepared this public health assessment to evaluate exposure pathways and to respond to community concerns about past and current exposures to contaminants associated with the site.
In the public health assessment, ATSDR concludes the following:
ATSDR continues to support recommendations by health and regulatory agencies to reduce exposure to PCBs and other chemicals.
ATSDR suggests or recommends:
The assessment will be available for public review at the following repositories:
Nieves M. Flores Memorial Library
254 Martyr St.
Hagatna, Guam 95910
RFK Memorial Library
University of Guam
303 University Drive
Mangiliao, Guam 95923
Community members seeking information or a copy of the document can contact environmental health scientists Charles Grosse or Aimee Treffiletti or community involvement specialists Maria Teran-MacIver or LaFreta Dalton, toll free at 1-888-422-8737. Regional Representative Gwen Eng also may be contacted at 415-947-4317. Callers should refer to the Agana Power Plant site in Guam.
ATSDR, a federal public health agency
of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, evaluates the human health
effects of exposure to hazardous substances. Established by Congress in 1980
under the Superfund law, ATSDR conducts public health assessments at each of
the sites on the EPA National Priorities List, as well as other sites when petitioned.
Headquartered in Atlanta, ATSDR is staffed by more than 400 health professionals
including epidemiologists, physicians, toxicologists, engineers and public health
educators.
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Members of the news media may request an interview with ATSDR staff by calling Elaine McEachern or Jennifer Sarginson in the ATSDR Office of Policy and External Affairs at 770-488-0700.
Updated by
R. Searfoss October 27, 2003
For more information, contact ATSDR at:
770-488-0700 or e-mail
(news media)
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