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ATSDR MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENT
ATSDR ssues Final Version of the Public Health Assessment for the North Railroad Avenue Plume Site in Española, N.M.
Findings Are No Apparent Public Health Hazard for Current Exposures and Public Health Hazard for Past Exposures
For Immediate Release: Sept. 23, 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, today announces the findings of its final public health assessment for the North Railroad Avenue Plume site in Española, Rio Arriba County, N.M. The site poses no apparent public health hazard for current exposures. However, the site did present a past public health hazard.
After evaluating the available data, ATSDR concludes the following:
In the public health assessment, ATSDR recommends the following actions:
The public health assessment is available for public review at the following two repositories:
Española Public Library
314-A Oñate Street, N.W.
Española, NM 87532
Santa Clara Pueblo Library
Española, NM 87532
For more information, community members may contact environmental health scientists Robert Knowles or Annmarie DePasquale toll free at 1-888-422-8737. Regional Representative Patrick Young also may be contacted at 214-665-8562. Callers should refer to the North Railroad Avenue Plume site in Española, N.M.
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, 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 September 23, 2003
For more information, contact ATSDR at:
770-488-0700 or e-mail
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