Public Health Advisory
By ATSDR declaring the Public Health Advisory, EPA is able to take immediate actions to prevent harmful exposures permanently to residents, especially children, exposed to arsenic contamination in residential soils.
The site would also be eligible for the National Priorities List (NPL), the list of priorities among the known releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants throughout the United States and its territories.
Page last reviewed: April 30, 2019
Content source: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry