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WGN | 2 days ago

Crestwood residents angry over handling of water issues

...said Mark Rotkvich, a 19-year resident. "Why wasn't it closed down?" Mark Johnson, a scientist with the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, said environmental...

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McClatchy Washington Bureau: Election 2008 | 6 days ago

Lejeune water probe: Did Marine Corps hide benzene data?

...at Camp Lejeune. For years, the Marines apparently didn't provide documents about the benzene to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, which has worked for nearly two...

Miami Herald - Politics | 1 week ago

Congressional probers seek data on Lejeune water contamination

...water at Camp Lejeune. For years, the Marines apparently didn't provide documents about the benzene to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, which has worked for nearly...

Chicago Tribune | 1 week ago

Studies show lead's true risk to kids

For children with levels higher than 10 micrograms, many states have intervention programs, according to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Medical evaluation and...

Baltimore Sun | 1 week ago

Studies show danger of even small amounts of lead in children’s blood

For children with levels higher than 10 micrograms, many states have intervention programs, according to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Medical evaluation and...

"Crestwood residents rally for justice, determine next steps" was the title on Congressman Rush's press release promoting the meeting. The official press release stated "On Saturday, May 9, U.S. Rep. Bobby L. Rush (IL-01) will host an urgent town hall meeting from 12 noon. to 2 p.m. where he will question the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on why the Village of Crestwood continued to give its residents contaminated tap water despite being warned the source of the water was polluted with a cancer-causing toxin." The press release continued to detail Congressman Rush's concerns "participants include USPEA representatives Tinka Hyde, director of the water division in Region 5, and Thomas Poy, chief groundwater and drinking water branch of the agency: IEPA Director Douglas P. Scott, Chief Toxicologist Dr. Tom Hornshaw and Deputy Manager, Division of Public Water Rick Cobb; CDC Senior Environmental health Scientist Mark Johnson of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Citizens will also have the opportunity to question government officials."

Water contamination in Crestwood, Illinois Wikipedia | 1 month ago

Fox News | 1 week ago

Weitz & Luxenberg Files Lawsuits against Dupont and Royle for Ignoring Toxic Legacy in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey

A report issued last December by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (NJDHSS) and the U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), concluded that...

Charlotte Observer | 1 week ago

Burr lets nominations for Navy jobs proceed

...study and a handful of other studies related to the water contamination. All will be conducted by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, a division of the Centers...

Kansas City Star | 2 weeks ago

Citing Lejeune progress, Sen. Burr lifts hold on Navy nominees

...study and a handful of other studies related to the water contamination. All will be conducted by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, a division of the Centers for...

CNN | 2 weeks ago

Town's hopes rise for toxic cleanup

...justice was non-existent or invisible." Mossville fears Those fears heightened in 1998 when the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry tested the blood of 28...

Miami Herald - Politics | 2 weeks ago

Former resident of Camp Lejeune can move ahead with claim over toxic water

...pollution at Camp Lejeune on Marines. The Department of the Navy said in a letter Thursday to the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry that it will pay more than...

Charlotte Observer | 3 weeks ago

Navy to fund study on mortality

...director of the Navy's Environmental Restoration Division, sent a brief, three-sentence letter to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, which is conducting the...

Boston Globe -- Today's paper A to Z | 3 weeks ago

Navy relents on Camp Lejeune water study

...of past water pollution at Camp Lejeune. The Department of the Navy on Thursday informed the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry that it will provide more than...