Categories: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), Toxic Substances
May 30th, 2012 10:57 am ET -
To commemorate the publication of ATSDR’s final report on the Oak Ridge Reservation in Tennessee, we are posting this story about the history of the site and about two decades of ATSDR community work.
The Manhattan Project Comes to Tennessee
Oak Ridgers responding to news that the war had ended.
In August 1945, the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. The power of these new weapons led to the end of World War II. Most people were unaware that the bombs were the product of the highly classified Manhattan Project, the United States effort to build the first atomic bomb.
In the 1940s, the Manhattan Project built several nuclear sites around the country, including a main facility 25 miles east of Knoxville, Tennessee, in an isolated river valley with access to highway and rail, and an abundance of water and electricity. There, the Army Corps of Engineers constructed Oak Ridge, a new, secure city surrounded by a barbed-wire fence. Workers at Oak Ridge did not know the ultimate product of their work and could not discuss their jobs with anyone, including their families.
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Categories: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), Toxic Substances
December 13th, 2011 9:42 am ET -
Dr. Christopher J. Portier
ATSDR’s Toxic Substances Portal where the Toxicological Profiles – or ToxProfiles™ – are offered
For communities, physicians, scientists and environmental health professionals, ATSDR’s Toxicological Profiles are an important source of information about toxic chemicals and health effects.
Robin Shapiro has been an academic librarian at Portland Community College in Oregon since 1997. She enjoys helping students learn how to use resources such as ATSDR’s Toxic Substances Portal where the Toxicological Profiles – or ToxProfiles™ – are offered.
“The Toxic Substances Portal allows students to quickly gain an understanding of the effects of a wide range of substances,” Shapiro says. “It’s reliable, which is essential for health information sources.”
ATSDR’s ToxProfiles™ provide detailed information about possible health effects from exposure to hazardous substances found at National Priorities List sites. Federal agency employees and doctors use the ToxProfiles™ to make decisions about cleaning up sites, respond to emergencies and treat patients exposed to chemicals.
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