Retrospective Study of American Indian First Responders Exposed to the 1980Russett Chemical Company Fire, Fort Hall Indian Reservation, Fort Hall, Idaho

摘要

Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry (ATSDR) conducted an investigationto describe mortality and selected morbidity among a cohort of American Indian first responders following a warehouse fire in April of 1980. The warehouse had stored a large volume of pesticides and other chemicals. Public concern arose that exposure to this fire had increased cancer mortality among first responders. The investigation did not confirm any excess cancer mortality or morbidity. The lack of adverse chronic effects must remain tentative. Long-term followup might be indicated.