Public Health Assessments
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Historical Reference
This website is provided by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) ONLY as an historical reference for the public health community. It is no longer being maintained and the data it contains may no longer be current and/or accurate.
An ATSDR public health assessment (PHA) examines hazardous substances at a hazardous waste site to determine whether people could be harmed from coming into contact with those substances. The PHA also considers community concerns and lists actions that need to be taken to protect public health.
For the Isla de Vieques Bombing Range, ATSDR has evaluated the pathways most likely to result in exposure to residents of Vieques. These pathways include drinking groundwater, incidentally ingesting or touching soil, eating fish and shellfish, eating land crabs, and breathing air. A separate written evaluation was prepared for each pathway.
2013 Report
An Evaluation of Environmental, Biological, and Health Data from the Isla of Vieques, Puerto Rico - March 2013Previous Public Health Assessments
Drinking Water
- Drinking Water Supplies and Groundwater Pathway Evaluation - October 16, 2001
- Fact Sheet - Drinking Water Supplies
- Fact Sheet - PHA Ground and Drinking Water - October 2001
Related Fact Sheets
- Groundwater Fact Sheet
Contacting Soil
Eating Seafood
- Land Crab Evaluation – February 22, 2006
- Fish and Shellfish Evaluation - June 27, 2003
- Edible Fish - May 2002[PDF - 87.4 KB]
Breathing Air
Related Fact Sheet
Summary of ATSDR Activities - 2003
Short Version
Long Version
- Page last reviewed: June 11, 2015
- Page last updated: March 19, 2013
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