ATSDR to Hear Community Health Concerns at June 16 Meeting About Rumpke Landfill Site in Medora

Friday, June 03, 2005

The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) will hold a community meeting and public availability session on Thursday, June 16, 2005, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Medora Junior/Senior High School gym, 82 South George Street, to hear community members� health concerns that may be related to the Rumpke Landfill site in Medora, IN.

The community meeting will be from 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. During this time, ATSDR staff will introduce the agency to the community and explain how they became involved in the site.

Immediately following the community meeting, ATSDR will also hold a public availability session from 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The public availability session is an informal meeting where community members can talk confidentially one-on-one with ATSDR representatives about their site-related health concerns.

For more information, community members can contact ATSDR staff Aimee Treffiletti, Environmental Health Scientist or Debra Joseph, Health Communications Specialist, toll-free, at 1-888-422-8737. Clayton Koher, ATSDR Regional Representative, also may be contacted at 312-353-6086. Callers should refer to the Rumpke Landfill site in Medora, IN.

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.

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