Great Lakes Human Health Effects Research Program
Great Lakes Human Health Effects Research Program

Author: Barry L. Johnson

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2000-07

Total Pages: 73

ISBN-13: 0756700124

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In 1990, Congress amended the Great Lakes (GL) Critical Programs Act, also known as the Fed. Water Pollution Control Act, mandating that the EPA and the ATSDR and the GL states submit a research report assessing the harmful human health effects of water pollutants in the GL basin. ATSDR developed the GL Health Effects Research Strategy to identify human populations residing in the GL basin that may be at greater risk of exposure to chemical contaminants, and to help prevent any adverse health effects. This report provides insight into ATSDR efforts to assess the adverse effects of water pollutants in the GL system on the health of people in the GL states.

Great Lakes Human Health Effects Research Program
Great Lakes Human Health Effects Research Program

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Published: 1994

Total Pages: 74

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ATSDR's mission is to prevent exposure and adverse human health effects and diminished quality of live associated with exposure to hazardous substances from waste sites, unplanned releases, and other sources of pollutin present in the environnment. The activities described in this report support this mission and are consistent with achieving the health promotion and disease prevention objectives of Healthy People 2000, a national strategy put forth by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to significantly improve the health of the nation over the next decade. The ATSDR research program is designed to investigate and characterise the association between the consumption of contaminated Great Lakes fish and short- and long-term harmful health effects.

Human Health Risks from Chemical Exposure
Human Health Risks from Chemical Exposure

Author: R. Warren Flint

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 1991-04-22

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 9780873714358

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More than 100 professionals have contributed to this important book summarizing much of what is known about the issue of chemicals in the Great Lakes environment and the risks these chemicals pose to human health. The book makes significant recommendations for action in policy, communication, education, and research regarding the chemicals and their risks. The views of individuals from government, universities, industries, and public special interest groups in Canada and the United States have been integrated into a comprehensive statement that reflects scenarios that are applicable worldwide.

The Effects of Great Lakes Contaminants on Human Health
The Effects of Great Lakes Contaminants on Human Health

Author: Barry Leonard

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2000-02

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 0788187228

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Chapters: historical overview; persistent toxic substances; pathways of exposure; a review of the Great Lakes (GL) human health literature; human health studies outside of the Great Lakes -- exposure to similar persistent toxic substances; limitations of human health studies; characterization of exposure and determination of the profiles and levels in human biologic tissues and fluids; identification of sensitive and specific human reproductive end points; determination of the short- and long-term risk(s) of adverse health effects in the children of exposed parents; and establishment of registries &/or surveillance cohorts in the GL. Illustrated.