Health Consultation: Review of Radiological Data Measured in the Polycythemia Vera Investigation Study Area in Carbon, Luzerne and Schuylkill Counties, Pennsylvania, July 22, 2014.

摘要

The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) Region III office in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania requested a public health consultation for the purposes of evaluating radiologic data collected in association with a polycythemia vera (PV) cluster investigation. The purpose of this health consultation is to provide a public health evaluation of the available radiological environmental sampling results as reported in 2011 and 2012 from the study area, and to highlight this information for relevant agencies, community members, and for future studies in the cause of PV. Environmental sampling information in the cluster area was collected as a component of the overall research investigation into this disease cluster. This sampling information included metals, organic compounds, and radioactive substances. This document only reviews the radiological environmental sampling data collected by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) on behalf of ATSDR.