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<title>2017 RSS Feeds - ATSDR Media Announcements - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</title>
 
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<description>An area of current, historical and archived information. The information contained in these press releases, while accurate at the time of release, may not be the most current available. Please contact the ATSDR Media Office at 770-488-0700 or ATSDRmediainquiries@cdc.gov to obtain information on the most current releases on your topic or site of interest.</description> 

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		<title>10/20/2017 - ATSDR to offer urine arsenic retests in Hayden & Winkelman, AZ
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA  – The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) will offer urine  arsenic retests to residents of Hayden and Winkelman, Arizona who participated  in blood lead and urine arsenic testing in 2015. The retest will help ATSDR  determine if area residents have abnormal levels of arsenic in their bodies  when air pollution levels are typical for the community.  ATSDR staff will be in Hayden and Winkelman  October 25 – 29, 2017.]]></description>
		 
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Oct 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

		<link>http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/news/displaynews.asp?PRid=2641</link>
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		<title>9/29/2017 - ATSDR Releases Final Public Health Assessment for the North Shore Drive Ground Water Contamination Site, Unincorporated Elkhart County, Indiana
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		<description><![CDATA[(ATLANTA, GA) – The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) has released its final report for the North Shore Drive Groundwater Contamination Site in unincorporated Elkhart County, Indiana.]]></description>
		 
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

		<link>http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/news/displaynews.asp?PRid=2640</link>
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		<title>8/1/2017 - ATSDR invites public comment on reports for two former DOD sites on
 St. Lawrence Island, Alaska  
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA – The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a federal public health agency and sister agency of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is seeking public comment from residents of St. Lawrence Island, on two draft health consultation reports for Gambell and Northeast Cape on St. Lawrence Island.  ATSDR will accept written comments on the draft health consultation report through September 30, 2017.

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		<pubDate>Tue, 1 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

		<link>http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/news/displaynews.asp?PRid=2639</link>
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		<title>7/24/2017 - ATSDR to offer FREE blood lead testing in Iola</title>
		 
		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA  – The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a federal  public health agency and sister agency of the Centers for Disease Control and  Prevention (CDC), will conduct free blood lead testing on August 3 through  August 6, 2017 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. CT at Iola High School, 300 E. Jackson  Avenue in Iola, Kansas.]]></description>
		 
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

		<link>http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/news/displaynews.asp?PRid=2638</link>
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		<title>6/8/2017 - Federal Agency seeks comments on the Red Panther Chemical Company Health Report in Clarksdale, MS</title>
		 
		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA, GA - The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) is seeking public comment on a report released today. The report is regarding the residential soil contamination of the Red Panther Chemical Company National Priority List (NPL) site in Clarksdale, MS.]]></description>
		 
		<pubDate>Thu, 8 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

		<link>http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/news/displaynews.asp?PRid=2637</link>
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		<title>4/6/2017 - Federal Agency seeks comments on North Shore Drive health report in Elkhart, IN and invites community to public meeting
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA, GA – The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) released a new report for public comment for the North Shore Drive Groundwater Contamination Superfund site. ATSDR will accept comments from the public until May, 18, 2017.]]></description>
		 
		<pubDate>Thu, 6 Apr 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

		<link>http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/news/displaynews.asp?PRid=2635</link>
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		<title>4/6/2017 - ATSDR releases results of Hayden and Winkelman, AZ, Exposure Investigation and invites community to public meeting</title>
		 
		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA, GA – The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a federal public health agency, recently released its report, Exposure Investigation - Biological Testing for Exposure to Lead and Arsenic near the Asarco Hayden Smelter Site in Hayden and Winkelman, Arizona. The report finds that some children in Hayden and Winkelman have been exposed to lead at levels that could harm their health.]]></description>
		 
		<pubDate>Thu, 6 Apr 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

		<link>http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/news/displaynews.asp?PRid=2636</link>
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		<title>3/15/2017 - Pease International Tradeport (Portsmouth, NH) Community Assistance Panel Meeting</title>
		 
		<description><![CDATA[The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a federal public health agency, will hold a Community Assistance Panel (CAP) meeting open to the public on May 30, 2017.  The meeting is from 6-9 pm at 222 International Drive, Suite 175, Conference Room A, Portsmouth, NH 03801.]]></description>
		 
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

		<link>http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/news/displaynews.asp?PRid=2634</link>
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		<title>1/30/2017 - ATSDR to Host Pease International Tradeport (Portsmouth, NH) Community Assistance Panel Meeting 
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		<description><![CDATA[The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a federal public health agency, will hold a Community Assistance Panel (CAP) meeting open to the public on February 7th, 2017. The meeting is from 6-9 p.m. at the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, 222 International Drive, Suite 175, Portsmouth, NH.]]></description>
		 
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

		<link>http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/news/displaynews.asp?PRid=2633</link>
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		<title>1/26/2017 - ATSDR releases public health assessment of drinking water at Camp Lejeune</title>
		 
		<description><![CDATA[Atlanta – The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) recently released the revised public health assessment (PHA) of the health effects of exposure to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) found in the drinking water at U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.]]></description>
		 
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

		<link>http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/news/displaynews.asp?PRid=2632</link>
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		<title>1/18/2017 - ATSDR Releases Final VOCs and Metal Exposures from Air Emissions in Media Other than Air Public Health Report in Midlothian, TX</title>
		 
		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA, GA – The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) released its final report, a <em>“Review and Analysis of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) and Metal Exposures from Air Emissions in Media Other than Air,”</em> as part of the Midlothian Area Air Quality Petition Response. The public comment version was released on May 12, 2016.]]></description>
		 
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

		<link>http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/news/displaynews.asp?PRid=2630</link>
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		<title>1/18/2017 - ATSDR Releases Final Health Consultation for the 35th Avenue Site, North Birmingham, Alabama
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		<description><![CDATA[(ATLANTA, GA) – The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) released its final report, an <em>“Evaluation of Surface Soil and Garden Produce Exposures”</em> for the 35<sup>th</sup> Avenue site in North Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama. The public comment version was released on July 22, 2015.]]></description>
		 
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

		<link>http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/news/displaynews.asp?PRid=2631</link>
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		<title>1/4/2017 - Federal agency to discuss Camp Lejeune health activities at public meetings on January 21</title>
		 
		<description><![CDATA[(Atlanta)-- The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) invites the public to hear from the scientists who conducted public health activities to understand the impact of exposure to contaminated drinking water at U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. The scientists will discuss these public health activities during a 5 p.m. special session, followed by a public meeting at 6 p.m. on January 21, 2017, in Jacksonville, NC. The Community Assistance Panel (CAP) meeting also will take place on January 21 at 9:00 a.m.; that meeting is also open to the public. Representatives from the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) will be present at the meetings to answer questions about the VA programs for those exposed at Camp Lejeune.]]></description>
		 
		<pubDate>Wed, 4 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

		<link>http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/news/displaynews.asp?PRid=2629</link>
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