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ATSDR MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENT
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry releases
ATSDR ToxProfiles 2003TM CD-ROM

For Immediate Release: June 3, 2003

ATLANTA -- The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) announces its release of the ATSDR ToxProfiles 2003TM CD-ROM, featuring updated toxicologic information and new navigational tools that allow the user to quickly hyperlink to important topics within the CD-ROM.

The information in the ATSDR ToxProfiles 2003TM CD-ROM focuses on health effects from exposure to specific hazardous substances, as well as other toxicologic and epidemiologic information. Each profile is peer-reviewed and includes an easy-to-read section on public health information in non-technical language.

The CD-ROM contains 161 toxicological profiles and nine interaction profiles, that cover more than 250 total substances and make toxicological information more accessible and convenient for health care workers, toxicologists, occupational health physicians, public health personnel, communities, and ATSDR's environmental health partners.

The ATSDR ToxProfiles 2003TM CD-ROM includes:

Five draft profiles, including three updated profiles, ammonia, copper, PBBs/PBDEs (polybrominated biphenyls/polybrominated diphenyl ethers) and two new profiles, chlorine dioxide and synthetic vitreous fibers.
Seven finalized profiles that were previously "draft for public comment" profiles, aldrin/dieldrin, beryllium, creosote, DDT, DEHP (di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate), hexachlorobenzene and methoxychlor.
Four additional draft interaction profiles.

To order a free copy of the CD-ROM, contact the ATSDR Information Center toll-free at 1-888-42-ATSDR (1-888-422-8737) or e-mail requests to atsdric@cdc.gov. The CD-ROM can be installed easily on a local hard drive or network server.

The profiles also are accessible on the ATSDR Web site at http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxpro2.html.

ATSDR, a public health agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is a federal public health agency established to prevent or reduce harmful effects of exposure to hazardous substances on human health and quality of life.

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Members of the news media may request an interview with ATSDR staff by calling Elaine McEachern or Petro Kacur in the ATSDR Office of Policy and External Affairs at 404-498-0070.

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This page updated by R. Searfoss June 4, 2003
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