ATSDR -- FY 1999 AGENCY PROFILE AND ANNUAL REPORT
ATSDR, in collaboration
with Health Canada, has
Institutions Receiving Awards
published the proceedings of
for Great Lakes Research
the international scientific
Michigan Department of Health
conference on the effects of
persistent toxic substances in
Michigan State University
the Great Lakes and St.
New York State Department
Lawrence River Basins on
of Health
human health and the
Research Foundation of State
environment. These
University of New York at Buffalo
proceedings are in the
Journal of Environmental
State University of New York
Research -Special Issue:
at Oswego
Proceedings of Health
University of Illinois at Chicago
Conference `97 -- Great Lakes/
University of Illinois at
St. Lawrence (De Rosa et al.
Urbana-Champaign
1999; 80(Suppl 2):1-248).
University of Wisconsin-
ATSDR presented research
Milwaukee
findings at the International
Joint Commission Great
Wisconsin Department of Health
Lakes Science Advisory
and Family Services
Board's Meeting to Assess
Scientific Issues in
Relationship to Lake Wide
Management Plans. These findings were used to assist the Lake Wide
Management Plan committees in incorporating human health issues
in the development of their management plans for each Great Lake as
mandated by the International Joint Commission.
ATSDR presented research findings at two meetings of the United
Nations Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for an
International Legally Binding Mechanism for Implementing
International Action on Certain Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs).
These presentations discussed the potential adverse health effects
from exposure to POPs chemicals such as PCBs, dioxins, furans,
dieldrin, and DDT. In addition, these presentations supported the
role of one of our partners, the Physicians for Social Responsibility, in
informing the international audience about the public health
implications of exposure to POPs. These chemicals are the same toxic
substances being investigated in the Great Lakes research program.
ATSDR, through risk communication and health intervention
strategies, reduced the fish consumption rate of men of one Native
American tribe from approximately 100 meals per year to 40, and
even lower during the second year (approximately 25 meals per
year). Their body burden levels of PCBs were also reduced due to
lower fish consumption. A similar trend was also observed in the
women.
ATSDR, in collaboration with EPA Great Lakes National Program
Office, contributed to the United States Report on the Great Lakes
Ecosystem. This report fulfills the reporting requirements under
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