Health assessment for petitioned public-health assessment, air quality, Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut. Final report

Technical Report · Wed Sep 30 04:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI ID:6995272

In March 1984, citizens of Wallingford, Connecticut contacted the Connecticut Department of Health Services (CDHS) about health problems they were experiencing that they believed were linked to poor air quality. CDHS performed an epidemiologic study and analyzed two sources of data on the symptoms being reported. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) performed several air monitoring studies. The review of toxicologic data indicate that the chemicals in, or that could be in, Wallingford's air, could cause many of the symptoms reported by the citizens, if the concentrations in the air were considerably higher than observed. The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) concludes that the situation in the Town of Wallingford (the Air Quality Petition Site) is an indeterminate public health hazard due to the inadequate amount of data available on the levels of airborne contaminants.

• Research Organization: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA (United States)
• OSTI ID: 6995272
• Report Number(s): PB-93-112563/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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