READ: Environmental Health Assessment - School Bus

READ: Environmental Health Assessment - School Bus

(4 RC) - The Oregon Public Health Division Environmental Health Assessment Program (EHAP) was asked by the Salem-Keizer School District to conduct this Health Consultation (HC). The purpose of this HC is to evaluate the public health risk for children who may have come into contact with contaminants found on several school buses in the Salem-Keizer School District. Following a fire that destroyed and/or damaged several school buses… (ATSDR, Feb 2009)

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READ: Evaluation of Follow-up Indoor Air Samples - Barbershop

READ: Evaluation of Follow-up Indoor Air Samples - Barbershop

(2 RC) - The owners of Farmer’s Insurance expressed concerns about the potential for exposure to dry-cleaning chemicals in indoor air from subsurface and aboveground sources at Eastside Laundry. To address these concerns, DOH and TCHD conducted indoor air sampling at Eastside Laundry and two adjacent businesses (Farmer’s Insurance and Roy’s) in the winter of 2002. This sampling event revealed PCE levels in indoor air… (ATSDR, Sept 2007)

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READ: ATSDR Evaluation of IAQ - Corona Del Sol HS, Arizona

READ: ATSDR Evaluation of IAQ - Corona Del Sol HS, Arizona

(2 RC) - Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) was requested to provide assistance in addressing concerns about air quality at Corona del Sol High School in Tempe, AZ. This health consultation follows up a previous report produced by ADHS in May 2008 and addresses previously unaddressed issues regarding possible exposure to and potential health risks from formaldehyde and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the indoor air at the school… (ATSDR, Sept 2008)

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READ: ATSDR Health Consultation Gila River, AZ

READ: ATSDR Health Consultation Gila River, AZ

(2 RC) - Samples had an asbestos content greater than 1%, which is the regulatory level used to define an ACM. All three samples were found to contain 2-5% chrysotile asbestos. After receiving these sample results, GRIC OSH recommended that the Gila Crossing Presbyterian Church be closed until the ACM could be properly remediated… (ATSDR, Mar 2005)

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READ: ATSDR Health Consultation Pasadena, TX

READ: ATSDR Health Consultation Pasadena, TX

(4 RC) - The US Oil Recovery (USOR) Superfund site is an abandoned used oil processor and wastewater treatment facility located in Pasadena, Harris County, Texas. The site consists of two separate properties, known as USOR and MCC Recycling (MCC). USOR began operations in 2002 and MCC began operating in 2008. Both were abandoned between January and July 2010… (ATSDR, May 2020)

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READ: ATSDR Evaluation of Environmental Exposure - Gambell, AK

READ: ATSDR Evaluation of Environmental Exposure - Gambell, AK

(4 RC) - The military facilities were abandoned until the 1980s when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) began conducting environmental investigations and cleanup of the FUDS. This health consultation focuses on contaminants in the areas of concern at the Gambell … (ATSDR, Sept 2020)

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WATCH: EPA - Data Requirements for Antimicrobial Pesticides - Environmental Fate & Transport

WATCH: EPA - Data Requirements for Antimicrobial Pesticides - Environmental Fate & Transport

(1.0 RC) - This video continues training on 40 CFR part 158W including a broad overview of environmental fate and transport processes such as chemical degradation, microbial degradation, intermedia transport, and wastewater treatment plant fate. The presentation also discusses environmental fate data requirements..

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WATCH: EPA - Data Requirements for Antimicrobial Pesticides - Toxicology

WATCH: EPA - Data Requirements for Antimicrobial Pesticides - Toxicology

(1.0 RC) - This training video discusses mammalian toxicology data requirements for antimicrobial pesticides under 158W including how to determine the data requirements, examples for direct food, indirect food, and non-food uses, test notes and alternative approaches to fulfilling these data requirements.

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WATCH: EPA - Data Requirements for Antimicrobial Pesticides - Overview

WATCH: EPA - Data Requirements for Antimicrobial Pesticides - Overview

(1.0 RC) - This video provides an introduction to the EPA training series on 40 CFR Part 158W: Data Requirements for Antimicrobial Pesticides final rule. Topics include general background information, scientific disciplines addressed in 158W, 12 major use patterns for antimicrobials, 158W implementation, and implications for ecology and human health.

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READ: CDC, Childhood Blood and Environmental Lead Levels Part 2 of 2

READ: CDC, Childhood Blood and Environmental Lead Levels Part 2 of 2

(2 RC) - This document contains basic information and procedures for Community Childhood Blood Lead studies. It is specifically intended to be a field guide for studies seeking to assess child blood lead prevalence and environmental exposures to lead.

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READ: CDC, Childhood Blood and Environmental Lead Levels Part 1 of 2

READ: CDC, Childhood Blood and Environmental Lead Levels Part 1 of 2

(3 RC) - This document contains basic information and procedures for Community Childhood Blood Lead studies. It is specifically intended to be a field guide for studies seeking to assess child blood lead prevalence and environmental exposures to lead.

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