Step 1.2 Gathering Health Concerns and Other Information
Types of Information
A site visit is useful for collecting particular types of information. Two main benefits are that the health assessor may see how people might come in contact with chemicals from the site and learn what concerns community members have about the site.
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- Visual confirmation of community size and composition
- Background information and site history
- Visual sense of the land and natural resource uses
- Environmental contamination information
- Community health concerns
- Visual idea about the movement of contaminants
- Information about births, deaths, and diseases in the community’s population
Page last reviewed: May 31, 2016
Content source: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry