assessment documents for 150 sites. Of these
150 sites, 93 (62%) were NPL Sites, and
ATSDR analyzed demographic
57 (38%) were non-NPL sites. (See Figure 1.)
data for 225 sites where the
In addition, 13 were sites that were covered by
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
agency conducted public health
(RCRA), and 29 were sites for which the
assessments or consultations in
community or others had petitioned ATSDR to
conduct a public health assessment. RCRA
fiscal year 2000. Approximately
covers the control of hazardous substances at
2.7 million people live within a
operating facilities, such as manufacturing
plants.
mile of those sites. Of those,
Figure 1. NPL Status of Sites with ATSDR
about 10% were children aged 6
Public Health Assessment Activity
in Fiscal Year 2000
years or younger; 22% were 18
years old or younger. About 23%
were women of childbearing age.
About 11% were elderly, aged 65
Non-NPL
or older.
38%
NPL
62%
organic compounds or VOCs, also found at 18%
of the sites; and polychlorinated biphenyls or
PCBs, found at 14% of the sites. (See Figure 2.)
Figure 2. Major Contaminants Found at
ATSDR estimates that more than 1.6 million
Sites Assessed in Fiscal Year 2000
people live within 1 mile of the 150 sites that
were assessed in the last year. Of the 1.6 million
people, about 660,000 live near non-NPL sites,
Lead
and about 950,000 live near NPL sites. Of the
sites assessed in public health assessment
documents, 16% were found to pose a public
Polyaromatic
health hazard.
hydrocarbons
Volatile organic
Lead was the contaminant found most often at
compounds
the sites assessed in fiscal year 2000. Lead was
Polychlorinated
detected at 28% of the sites. Other contami-
biphenyls
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
found at 22% of the sites; polyaromatic hydro-
% of Sites
carbons or PAHs, found at 18%; volatile
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