ATSDR - Oak Ridge Reservation Health Effects Subcommittee To Hold Dec. 3 Meeting in Oak Ridge, Tenn.

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ATSDR MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENT
Oak Ridge Reservation Health Effects Subcommittee
To Hold Dec. 3 Meeting in Oak Ridge, Tenn.

For Immediate Release: November 25, 2002

The Oak Ridge Reservation Health Effects Subcommittee (ORRHES) will meet from 12:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Tues., Dec. 3 at the YWCA, 1660 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge, Tenn.

The ORRHES Health Needs Assessment Work Group has invited Dr. Jerome Hershman to give a presentation on thyroid disorders, specifically nodular diseases and cancer. Hershman's presentation will address topics such as the role of the thyroid in the human body, thyroid disease, and the connection between radiation and thyroid disease. Thyroid abnormalities and their detection and treatment also will be discussed.

Hershman will be presenting from 1:45 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.

Hershman is from the West Los Angeles Veterans Administration Medical Center where he is the Associate Chief of Endocrinology and Diabetes.

Members of the public are encouraged to attend and make comments to the ORRHES from 3:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

The meeting agenda also includes an update on the health education needs assessment and reports from the ORRHES work groups.

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 can request an interview by calling the NCEH/ATSDR Office of Communication at 770-488-0700.

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This page updated November 26, 2002
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