Directory of Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Resources

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The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) is directed by congressional mandate to perform specific functions concerning the effect on public health of hazardous substances in the environment. These functions include public health assessments of waste sites, health consultations concerning specific hazardous substances, health surveillance and registries, response to emergency releases of hazardous substances, applied research in support of public health assessments, information development and dissemination, and education and training concerning hazardous substances.

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• A Toxicology Curriculum for Communities

  http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/training/toxmanual/
  A train the trainer's manual.

• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)

  http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/
  Agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services directed by Congress to perform specific functions concerning the effect on public health of hazardous substances in the environment.

• Case Studies in Environmental Medicine (CSEM)

  http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/csem/csem.html
  Self-instructional publications designed to increase the primary care provider's knowledge of hazardous substances in the environment.

• Documents Dealing with the Isla de Vieques Bombing Range

  http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/sites/vieques/index.html
  Press releases, fact sheets, medical studies, public health assessments, records, other agencies, and general information.

• Geographic Analysis Tool for Health and Environmental Research (GATHER)

  http://gis.cdc.gov/
  A spatial data access tool that provides access to spatial data pertinent to the analysis and exploration of public health issues.

• Interaction Profiles for Toxic Substances

  http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/interactionprofiles/index.asp
  A guidance manual that outlines the latest methods for assessing exposure to chemical mixtures.

• Managing Hazardous Materials Incidents (MHMI)

  http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/MHMI/index.asp
  Recommendations for on-scene (prehospital), and hospital medical management of patients exposed during a hazardous materials incident.

• Medical Management Guidelines for Acute Chemical Exposures

  http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/MMG/index.asp
  The MMGs are intended to aid healthcare professionals involved in emergency response to effectively decontaminate patients, protect themselves and others from contamination, communicate with other involved personnel, efficiently transport patients to a medical facility, and provide competent medical evaluation and treatment to exposed persons.

• Priority List of Hazardous Substances

  http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/cercla/
  A list 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 sites.

• Public Health Assessments (PHA) and Consultations

  http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/HAC/PHA/
  Investigate if people are exposed to hazardous substances and, if so, whether that exposure is harmful and should be stopped or reduced.

• Public Health Statements (PHS)

  http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/PHS/Index.asp
  Information about contaminants found at hazardous waste sites.

• Substances Most Frequently Found in Completed Exposure Pathways at Hazardous Waste Sites

  http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/cep/
  The CEP ranking lists the number of sites at which a substance has been found in a completed exposure pathway.

• The Assessment Process: An Interactive Learning Program

  http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/training/public-health-assessment-overview/html/
  An overview of the public health assessment process that the ATSDR uses to evaluate whether people will be harmed by hazardous materials from waste sites or from other places where hazardous substances have been spilled or released into the environment.

• ToxFAQs

  http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaqs/index.asp
  Frequently asked questions about contaminants found at hazardous waste sites.

• Toxicological Profiles

  http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/index.asp
  Characterization of the toxicologic and adverse health effects of hazardous substances.

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