ATSDR - Hazardous Substances

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Hazardous Substances in the Environment

ATSDR Priority Hazardous Substances - a list, in order of priority, of substances that are most commonly found at facilities on the National Priorities List (NPL) and which are determined to pose the most significant potential threat to human health due to their known or suspected toxicity and potential for human exposure at these NPL sites.

Minimal Risk Levels (MRLs) - an estimate of the daily human exposure to a hazardous substance that is likely to be without appreciable risk of adverse noncancer health effects

Top 20 Hazardous Substances - Top 20 hazardous substances on the ATSDR/EPA Priority List of Hazardous Substances for 2001

ToxFAQs ^TM - Frequently Asked Questions about contaminants found at hazardous waste sites

Toxicological Profiles - Information about substances for which ATSDR has collected toxicological information into a single document, available in hard-copy or on CD-ROM

Search HazDat Database for Waste Sites by Substance

INFORMATION ABOUT SPECIFIC SUBSTANCES

Dioxin and Dioxin-Like Compounds in Soil, ATSDR Interim Policy Guideline - an interim policy guideline to assess the public health implications of dioxin and dioxin-like compounds in residential soils near or on hazardous waste sites

Methyl Parathion Expert Panel Report - Convened by ATSDR to address issues related to illegal spraying of the pesticide methyl parathion (MP) in residences

Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) Expert Panel Workshop Proceedings - Convened by ATSDR to identify and evaluate the public health implications of human exposure to PCBs, focusing on three key areas: health effects of PCBs; incineration of PCB-contaminated waste; and non-incineration remedial technologies

Public Health Implications of Exposure to Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) - Summarizes the health implications associated with exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), primarily through fish consumption

Second National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals - Second in a series of publications that provide an ongoing assessment of the exposure of the U.S. population to environmental chemicals using biomonitoring.

This page updated April 24, 2003

Contact Name: Joanne Cox/ vzc6@cdc.gov