Review of ATSDR's (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry's) Great Lakes Report Drafts (Letter Report)

摘要

In March 2008, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the Department of Health and Human Services asked the National Academies to respond to questions, listed below, about a series of report drafts that were prepared by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) focusing on the regions in or near US areas of concern, which are defined geographically on the basis of beneficial-use impairment or inability to support aquatic life. In response to that request, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) has prepared this report. This cover letter provides a brief overview of the context of the IOM report and its conclusions on the ATSDR drafts.