Activities in
Missouri
ATSDR in Partnership With
have been designated to
ATSDR awarded more
the NPL in Missouri.
Missouri
than
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.2 million in the
A public health assess-
last 2 years in direct
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
ment is a written, com-
funds and services to
(ATSDR) is the lead public health agency responsible
prehensive evaluation
Missouri.
for implementing the health-related provisions of the
of available data and
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensa-
information on the re-
tion, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA). ATSDR
lease of hazardous substances into the environment in
is an Atlanta-based federal agency with more than
a specific geographic area. Such releases are assessed
400 employees and an annual budget for 2003 of ap-
for current or future impact on public health. ATSDR,
proximately million. ATSDR is responsible for
in collaboration with public health and environmental
assessing the presence and nature of health hazards at
officials from Missouri, has conducted 38 health as-
specific Superfund sites, helping to prevent or reduce
sessments in the state, including the following recent
further exposure and illnesses resulting from those
examples.
hazards, and expanding the knowledge base about the
Riverfront--The Riverfront site consists of six
health effects of exposure to hazardous substances.
operational units (OUs) located throughout the
ATSDR works closely with state agencies to carry
city of New Haven and at the old city dump.
out its mission to serve the public by using the best
science, taking responsive public health actions, and
tetrachloroethylene (TCE) and its breakdown
providing trusted health information to prevent harm-
products. ATSDR and the Missouri Department
ful exposures and disease related to toxic substances.
of Health and Senior Services (MDHSS) have
ATSDR provides funding and technical assistance to
distributed pertinent toxicological information
about TCE and its breakdown products to residents
ments and grants to identify and evaluate environ-
and attended community meetings and public
mental health threats to communities. These resources
availability sessions to discuss health effects of
enable state and local health departments and other
grantees to further investigate environmental health
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sampled
concerns and to educate communities. From fiscal
private wells to determine whether unsafe levels
years 1983 through 2003, ATSDR awarded more
than .8 million--more than
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.2 million in the
recommendation of ATSDR and MDHSS, whole-
last 2 years--in direct funds and services to Missouri
house filtration systems have been installed in
for comprehensive support of its environmental health
residences at which contaminant levels exceeded
unit. In addition to direct funds and services, ATSDR
the EPA maximum contaminant level (MCL).
staff provides technical and administrative guidance
MDHSS has written a health assessment that has
for state-conducted site activities.
been released for public comment; the document
should be finalized in 2004.
ATSDR Site-Specific Activities
Oak Grove Village Well--The Oak Grove
Public Health Assessment-Related Activities
Village Well site is an uncontrolled and undefined
One of the agency's important mandates is to conduct
plume of trichloroethylene (TCE)-contaminated
List (NPL) sites and of other sites where a significant
detected in the well in 1986 by the Missouri
threat to public health might exist. Thirty-two sites
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