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CHURCHILL COUNTY (FALLON), NEVADA EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT

A Cross-Sectional Exposure Assessment of Environmental Exposures in Churchill County, Nevada

Study

• Summary (February 6, 2003)
  • PDF [180 Kb]
• State of Nevada press release (February 6, 2003)
  • PDF [1 Mb]
• Final report (February 6, 2003)
• Investigators, Collaborators, and Funding Sources
  • PDF [73 Kb]
• Follow-up Study: Exposure to Tungsten in Three Nevada Communities (2003)
• Genetic Testing (November 29, 2006)
• Related Articles
  • Investigating Childhood Leukemia in Churchill County, Nevada.
    Environ Health Perspect. Online November 30, 2006. doi:10.1289/ehp.9022 [external link]
  • Risk Factors for Acute Leukemia in Children: A Review.
    Environ Health Perspect. Online November 30, 2006. doi:10.1289/ehp.9023 [external link]
  • Other leukemia/lymphoma publications

FAQs

• Arsenic
  Mechanisms of exposure, relationship to cancer and other diseases, reproductive and developmental effects, results of Churchill County investigation ...more
• Benzene
  Mechanisms of exposure, relationship to cancer and other diseases, reproductive and developmental effects, effects on the environment ...more
• DDT and DDE
  Mechanisms of exposure, relationship to cancer and other diseases, effects on the environment ...more
• O-phenylphenol (OPP)
  Mechanisms of exposure, relationship to cancer and other diseases, reproductive and developmental effects ...more
• Organophosphate pesticides
  Mechanisms of exposure, relationship to cancer and other diseases, reproductive and developmental effects, effects on the environment ...more
• Persistent pesticides
  Mechanisms of exposure, relationship to cancer and other diseases ...more
• Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
  Mechanisms of exposure, relationship to cancer and other diseases, effects on the environment ...more
• Radon
  Mechanisms of entrance to the environment, relationship to cancer and other diseases, testing for radon, results of Churchill County testing ...more
• Trichlorophenols
  Mechanisms of entrance to the environment, relationship to cancer and other diseases, reproductive and developmental effects ...more
• Tungsten
  Mechanisms of exposure, relationship to cancer and other diseases, effects on the environment, reproductive and developmental effects ...more
• Uranium
  Mechanisms of exposure, relationship to cancer and other diseases, reproductive and developmental effects, results of Churchill County testing ...more

Glossaries

• Metals
  • PDF [248 Kb]
• Non-persistent pesticides
  • PDF [228 Kb]
• Volatile organic compounds
  • PDF [197 Kb]

Resources

• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
  • Churchill County Exposure Pathway Assessment (February 12, 2003)
    Results of five ATSDR environmental exposure pathway investigations related to the Churchill County (Nevada) Leukemia Cluster Investigation ...more
  • Media Announcement ATSDR Finds No Public Health Hazard from Exposure to Naval Air Station Fallon Substances in Churchill County, Nevada
    July 25, 2003 press release by ATSDR ...more
  • Public Health Consultations on Possible Health Effects from Use of Tap Water and Exposure to Pesticides in Churchill (July 25, 2003)
    Two health consultations relating to the Churchill County leukemia cluster investigation by ATSDR ...more
• CDC’s Health Studies Program
  Introduction to the Health Studies Branch, its primary mission and goals ...more
• National Toxicology Program [external link]
  Testing information, research studies, public health information, basic information about NTP ...more
• State of Nevada’s Churchill County (Fallon) [external link]
  Information on the 1997-2001 study of the Churchill County cancer cluster posted on the Nevada State Health Division web site ...more

Other Environmental Hazards & Health Effects Topics

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  Asthma, carbon monoxide, mold ...more
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  Ongoing collection, integration, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination of data on environmental hazards, exposures to those hazards, and health effects that may be related to the exposures ...more
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