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For Immediate Release: December 21, 2007
ATLANTA - The federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) has found no contamination in off-site groundwater from the Savannah River Site (SRS). While site-related contaminants were detected in off-site surface water, they pose no health concern. In the course of its investigation, ATSDR also found naturally occurring radium in the municipal drinking water at levels that could pose health concerns, especially for infants drinking formula and juice mixed with tap water. In December 2006, authorities removed from service the well where radium was found.
ATSDR released the final assessment on the 310 square-mile U.S. Department of Energy-owned facility bordering the Savannah River today.
In the assessment, ATSDR looked at possible exposure since 1993 to chemical and radioactive materials transported off SRS in groundwater or surface water, or released into off-site surface water, as well as the possibility of future exposure to these materials.
Key findings include:
The final assessment can be viewed on the Internet at: http: www.atsdr.cdc.gov/hac/pha/index.asp or at:
U.S. Department of Energy
Savannah River Operations Office
Office of External Affairs
Public Reading Room
Aiken, SC, 29802
U.S. Department of Energy
Public Reading Room
471 University Parkway
Aiken, SC, 29801
Contact: Paul Lewis
U.S. Department of Energy
Public Reading Room
U.S. DOE Southeast Power Administration
2 South Public Square
Elberton, GA 30635
Copies of the assessment can also be requested from:
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
ATTN: Records Center
1600 Clifton Road, N.E., Mailstop E-60
Atlanta, Ga. 30333
Community members wanting more information may contact Health Assessor Carol Connell at 404-498-0361 or ccc8@cdc.gov. ATSDR and CDC maintain a general toll-free number (1-800-CDC-INFO); callers to this number must reference the Savannah River Site.
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.
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Members of the news media can request an interview by calling the NCEH/ATSDR Office of Communication at 770-488-0700.
Updated December 21, 2007
For more information, contact ATSDR at:
770-488-0700 or e-mail (news media)
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