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Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Contact Information

Office of the Assistant Administrator
1600 Clifton Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30333

888-422-8737 (Voice - Toll-free)
404-498-0110 (Voice)
404-498-0093 (FAX)

Internet Resources

ATSDRIC@cdc.gov

www.atsdr.cdc.gov/

Abstract

The role of this agency is to implement the laws that protect the public from hazardous wastes and environmental spills of hazardous substances. ATSDR is charged under the Superfund Act of 1980 to assess the presence and nature of health hazards at specific Superfund sites, to help prevent or reduce further exposure and the illnesses that result from such exposures, and to expand the knowledge base about health effects from exposure to hazardous substances.

Publications

ATSDR publications include: Hazardous Substances & Public Health; A Primer on Health Risk Communication Principles and Practices; Case Studies in Environmental Medicine Case; ATSDR ToxFAQs; ATSDR Agency Profile and Annual Report; and ATSDR Biennial Report to Congress.

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Notes

Audit

Date Entered: 11/1/1997
Date Edited: 5/25/2004
Date Revised: 2/11/2004
Health Referral Number: HR2587
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