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ATSDR MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENT

ATSDR Is Holding Meetings in Mint Hill to Gather Health Concerns
About the Ram Leather Care Superfund Site

For Immediate Release: May 19, 2004

ATLANTA — The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a public health agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is holding two public availability sessions in Mint Hill so agency representatives can talk with community members and learn about their health concerns related to the Ram Leather Care Superfund Site.

Both meetings will be on May 25 in the John M. McEwen Assembly Room, Mint Hill Town Hall, 7151 Mathews-Mint Hill Road, in Mint Hill. Meeting times are 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

During the public availability sessions, ATSDR representatives will be available to speak privately with community members on a walk-in basis about their health concerns related to the Ram Leather Care site. The availability sessions will have an informal, come-and-go format; there will be no formal presentation.

The Ram Leather Care Superfund Site is in eastern Mecklenburg County at 15100 Albemarle Road. The site is a former dry cleaning and leather goods restoration facility that operated from 1977 to 1993. Because of improper waste discharge, the site was added to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Priorities List (Superfund) in September 2003.

For more information, community members can contact Community Involvement Specialist Januett Smith-George or Health Assessor Teresa Foster, toll free, at 1-888-422-8737. Regional Representative Benjamin Moore also may be contacted, toll free, at 1-800-241-1754, ext. 21784. Callers should refer to the Ram Leather Care Superfund Site in Mint Hill, N.C.

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 can request an interview with ATSDR staff by calling Jennifer Sarginson or Jill Smith in the ATSDR Office of Communication at 770-488-0700.

Updated by R. Searfoss May 25, 2004
For more information, contact ATSDR at:
770-488-0700 or e-mail (news media)

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