ATSDR Health Survey Eyed For Broad Application To Industrial Pollutants

Findings from a massive health survey recently launched by the federal Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry (ATSDR) to identify potential health impacts from decades of historic water supply contamination at a Marine Corps base are expected to have broad application to contaminated sites throughout the country, particularly for the ubiquitous solvent trichloroethylene (TCE), ATSDR's top official said in a July 8 interview. ATSDR initiated its largest health survey ever in late June, at the request of Congress, to obtain health information from former residents and workers at Mari