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| For more information contact: Joe Thornton For immediate release DHHR to hold public comment period on health consultation The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Bureau for Public Health, will hold a public comment period regarding the release of a recent health consultation in the Mingo County area, Williamson, WV sites. A public health consultation is a report of the evaluation of human health risks from a site that may have toxic chemicals. The report looks at the potential relationship between the chemicals in question and disease in the area. If a relationship is found, then recommendations are made to reduce exposure. The health consultation was conducted at the request of locals in the Williamson area who suspected potential exposure to toxic chemicals from area businesses. The findings of the report will be on display for public review beginning Monday, Oct. 27 at the Williamson Public Library, Logan Street, Courthouse Annex, Williamson. The report will be available Monday - Friday from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Members of the public have until Nov. 25 to supply written comments to the following address: Chief, Program Evaluation, Records and Information Services Branch ATTN: Williamson, West Virginia Sites Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry 1600 Clifton Road, NE (E60) Atlanta, GA 30333 The health consultation was written by officials of the DHHR under the terms of a cooperative agreement with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. More information regarding the report may be obtained by calling Joe Wyatt at the West Virginia ATSDR Cooperative Partners Program at 304-558-6730. – 30 –
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