- Author
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
- Title
- Health Assessment for Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Inc., Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, Region 4. CERCLIS No. GAD990855074.
- Coporate
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA
- Report
- CERCLIS GAD990855074, May 17, 1991, 12 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- rubber | toxicity | health hazards | contamination | human beings | risks | exposure
- Identifiers
- tires; health assessments; Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR); National Priorities List (NPL); public health
- Abstract
- In compliance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) has prepared Health Assessment reports for sites currently on, or proposed for, the National Priorities List (NPL). Health Assessments are also prepared for non-NPL sites in response to requests from States and individuals. In this report, the presence and nature of health hazards at this site are assessed, and the public health implications specific to this site are evaluated. The Health Assessment is based on such factors as the nature, concentration, toxicity, and extent of contamination at the site; the existence of potential pathways for the human exposure; the size and nature of the community likely to be exposed; and any other information available to ATSDR that is relevant to a determination of potential risks to public health. Additional Health Assessments may be conducted for this site as more information becomes available to ATSDR. The results of a Health Assessment are essential for determining the need to conduct health effects studies at a particular site.