=======================Electronic Edition========================
RACHEL’S HAZARDOUS WASTE NEWS #122
—March 28, 1989—
News and resources for environmental justice.
——
Environmental Research Foundation
P.O. Box 5036, Annapolis, MD 21403
Fax (410) 263-8944; Internet: erf@igc.apc.org
==========
The Back issues and Index
are available
here.
The official RACHEL archive is here.
It’s updated constantly.
To subscribe, send E-mail to rachel-
weekly-
request@world.std.com
with the single word SUBSCRIBE in the message. It’s free.
===Previous Issue==========================================Next Issue===
951 NEW FEDERAL REPORTS DESCRIBE HAZARDS AT EVERY SUPERFUND SITE.
Anyone concerned about a Superfund site will want to know about a
series of reports completed recently by the Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). The ATSDR has issued 951
“health assessments”–one each for every site on the federal
Superfund list. These reports are free (see list of contact
people below), and they have many uses.
An ATSDR “health assessment” looks at the chemicals known to
exist at the site; it looks at the human populations near the
site; and it looks at possible pathways by which humans might
come into contact with the chemicals.
We have seen a few ATSDR health assessments and they look
surprisingly useful. At the very least, they will provide you
with additional ammunition to use in your local fight. The ones
we have seen use strong language to describe the hazards that
people may encounter on a Superfund site. You can use this strong
language to prod the EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency),
or your state agency, into action. You can use the strong
language to press for funds to move humans away from the danger.
Or you can use the strong language to get your local newspapers
and TV people interested in your site.
Even if you don’t have a particular Superfund site you’re worried
about, you can gather a few of these reports and use them to make
the general point that hazardous chemicals loose in the
environment cause problems, so hazardous chemicals must be
brought under strict control. ATSDR is part of the national
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia. ATSDR has
10 offices around the country with two people in each office; you
should contact your nearest office to get free copies of the
Health Assessments that interest you. Here is the list of ATSDR
contact people, many of whom are housed in your regional EPA
office:
Region I: Marilyn DiSirio [phone: (617) 573-5719)] and Louise
House [phone: (617) 573-5726], EPA Regional Office, HSL-CAN 3,
John F. kennedy Building, Boston, MA 02203;
Region II: William Q. Nelson [phone: (212) 264-7662] or Denise
Johnson [same phone], EPA Region II, Rm. 737, 26 Federal Plaza,
New York, NY 10007.
Region III: Charles J. Walters [phone: (215) 597-7291] or Lynn
Catherine Wilder [phone: (215) 597-2711], EPA Region III,
Hazardous Waste Management Division, 841 Chestnut Building,
Philadelphia, PA 19107.
Region IV: Chuck Pietrosewicz [phone: (404) 347-3931] or S. Cody
Jackson [same phone], EPA Region IV, Waste Management Division,
345 Courtland St., NE, Atlanta, GA 30365.
Region V: Louise Fabinski [phone: (312) 353-8228] or Denise
Jordan-Izaguirre [phone: (312) 353-8231], EPA Region V, Emergency
and Remedial Branch 5HR, 230 South Dearborn, Chicago, IL 60604.
Region VI: Carl Hickam [phone: (214) 655-6725] or George
Pettigrew [phone: (214) 655-2246], EPA Region VI, Office of
Health Response, Allied Bank Tower at Fountain Plaza, 1445 Ross
Ave., Dallas, TX 75202.
Region VII: Daniel Harper [phone: (913) 236-2856] or David Parker
[same phone], EPA Region VII, Waste Management Branch, 726
Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, KS 66101.
Region VIII: Michael McGeehin [phone: (303) 294-7147], or Tamara
Kicera [phone: (303) 294-7146], Region VIII, 8HWM-SR, Suite 500,
999 18th St., Denver, CO 80202.
Region IX: Donald Hawkins [phone: (415) 974-0563], or Gwen Eng
[phone: (415) 974-0564], EPA Region IX, Toxic Waste Management
Division, 215 Fremont St., San Francisco, CA 94105.
Region X: Joel Mulder [phone: (206) 442-2711], or Greg Thomas
[phone: (206) 442-2113], EPA Region X (M/S HW113), 1200 6th Ave.,
Seattle, WA 98101.
Or order the report you want from: Steve Von Allmen, Health
Assessment Coordination Activity Office, ATSDR, Chamblee Complex,
1600 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30333; phone: (404) 488-4605.
–Peter Montague, Ph.D.
Descriptor terms: atsdr; superfund; studies; statistics; health
assessments; health studies; cdc; telephone; telephones;