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PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT

PUBLIC HEALTH IMPLICATIONS OF RADIATION CONTAMINATION AT
FORMER CLOCK FACTORIES LOCATED IN
BRISTOL (HARTFORD COUNTY), NEW HAVEN (NEW HAVEN COUNTY), THOMASTON (LITCHFIELD COUNTY), AND WATERBURY (NEW HAVEN COUNTY)
CONNECTICUT

January 29, 1999

Prepared by
Connecticut Department of Public Health
Under Cooperative Agreement
With
The Agency For Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SUMMARY

PURPOSE AND STATEMENT OF ISSUES

ATSDR Child Health Initiative

Health Outcome Data

DISCUSSION

Results of Radiation Surveys

Radium Toxicity

Radiation doses and related information: International and National

Smear Samples

Discussion of removable contamination

Discussion of Results

Pathway Analysis

Public Health Implications

Conclusions

Recommendations

PUBLIC HEALTH ACTION PLAN

CERTIFICATION

APPENDIX A

PREPARERS OF PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT

REFERENCES

PUBLIC COMMENTS

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