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Public Health Research
CDC’s radiation-related research (current and former)
includes the following projects:
>>Feasibility Study of
Weapons Test Fallout
CDC and the National Cancer Institute have conducted a
Feasibility Study of the Health Consequences to the American Population From
Nuclear Weapons Tests Conducted by the United States and Other Nations.
>>Fernald Feed
Processing Center
CDC conducted the
Fernald Dosimetry Reconstruction Project providing the first
comprehensive assessment of level of radiation exposure in the community
surrounding the former Feed Material Production Center during the years of
plant operations, 1951 through 1988.
Fernald Risk
Assessment Project provided citizens with an understandable, yet
scientifically sound, assessment of the potential risk of lung cancer
mortality associated with the past releases of radon and radon decay
products from the site.
>>Hanford
Nuclear Weapons Facility
The Hanford
Environmental Dose Reconstruction (HEDR) project was the largest and
most comprehensive study conducted to estimate radiation doses received by
people living near a former nuclear weapons development facility. The
Hanford Thyroid Disease Study is the
first comprehensive study of thyroid disease in a community near a
Department of Energy facility.
>>Idaho National
Engineering & Environmental Laboratory
CDC has been conducting research at the Idaho National
Engineering and Environmental Laboratory to identify the release of
chemicals and radioactive materials since the site opened and determine the
potential health effects of these releases on the community.
>>Los
Alamos National Laboratory
In response to requests from members of the public and
the Department of Energy, CDC is conducting an Historical Documents
Retrieval and Assessment project at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in
northern New Mexico.
>>Savannah
River Site
CDC is conducting research at the Savannah River Site in
South Carolina to identify and quantify the radioactive materials and
chemicals that were released during the site's Cold War operating years, and
then estimate the residents' level of exposure to these releases and the
doses that they received.
>>Citizens’
Advisory Committees
The Citizens' Advisory Committees provide input to many
of the above research projects.
**DOE/CDC/ATSDR Research Agenda
The Department of Energy (DOE), the National Center for
Environmental Health (NCEH) and the National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) have
developed a plan entitled
Agenda
for HHS Public Health Activities (for Fiscal Years 2005 - 2010) at U.S.
Department of Energy Sites. The plan specifically includes proposed
research and public health activities related to DOE sites.
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