ASARCO Hayden Smelter Site : Hayden and Winkelman, Arizona : summary of ATSDR’s 2017 arsenic exposure investigation

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Title: ASARCO Hayden Smelter Site : Hayden and Winkelman, Arizona : summary of ATSDR’s 2017 arsenic exposure investigation
Contributors: North Carolina. Department of Health and Human Services Division of Public Health. Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch., United States. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Division of Community Heath Investigations.
Collection: CDC Stacks (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Subject Terms: Arsenates/toxicity, Arsenates/urine, Biomarkers, Drinking Water/chemistry, Environmental Exposure, Groundwater/chemistry, Metals, Heavy/toxicity, Heavy/urine, Risk Assessment, Urine, Water Pollutants, Chemical/toxicity, Chemical/urine
Subject Geographic: Arizona
Description: People in Hayden and Winkelman may be exposed to lead and arsenic from smelting activities and other sources in their environment. In 2015 ATSDR provided blood and urine testing for residents. In 2017 we offered follow-up urine arsenic testing to people in households that participated in 2015. Our goal in 2017 was to fnd out arsenic levels in participants’ urine when air quality was typical for the community. This is a summary of the 2017 investigation report. ; Asarco_EI_Summary_of_Findings_2019_FS_508.pdf ; 2019 ; 7120
Document Type: other/unknown material
File Description: 4 numbered pages
Language: English
Relation: http://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/84461/
Availability: http://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/84461/
Accession Number: edsbas.5E2DC296
Database: BASE
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Abstract:People in Hayden and Winkelman may be exposed to lead and arsenic from smelting activities and other sources in their environment. In 2015 ATSDR provided blood and urine testing for residents. In 2017 we offered follow-up urine arsenic testing to people in households that participated in 2015. Our goal in 2017 was to fnd out arsenic levels in participants’ urine when air quality was typical for the community. This is a summary of the 2017 investigation report. ; Asarco_EI_Summary_of_Findings_2019_FS_508.pdf ; 2019 ; 7120