Public Health Assessments

Public Health Assessment (PHA)

A Public Health Assessment (PHA) evaluates data and information on the release of hazardous substances into the environment in order to assess any current or future impact on public health. The Health Assessment Section works with other agencies and community members to answer these questions:

What are the chemicals found at a specific site?
How can those chemicals affect public health?
Is there a health threat to the people living near the site?
What is the future public health threat from the site?
What actions are recommended to protect the public from the site hazard?
How can the State of Ohio or the Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry (ATSDR) help the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Ohio EPA best protect public health in its cleanup decisions?

Public Health Assessments open for public comment (Brown Cover):

Below is a ODH-produced public comment (Brown Cover) public health assessment for the Lammers Barrel Factory site in Beavercreek, Ohio. Please foward written comments to the Ohio Department of Health, Attention: Peter Ferron, 246 N. High St., Columbus, Ohio 43215 or submit comments by e-mail to Peter.Ferron@odh.ohio.gov. The deadline for comments is December 22, 2008. If you have questions about the public comment document, please contact an ODH Health Assessment Section representative.

Lammers Barrel Factory

Finalized (Blue Cover) Public Health Assessments:

Below is a listing of finalized (Blue Cover) ODH-produced public health assessments for hazardous waste sites in Ohio since 2003. Due to space limitations, some of the below public health assessment figures, charts, tables or graphs may not be available on-line. For copies of the figures, tables, charts or graphs, please contact an ODH Health Assessment Section representative.

South Dayton Dump and Landfill

* To view a full listing of Ohio's finalized ATSDR/ODH Public Health Assessments and Health Consultations visit our ATSDR Cooperative Agreement partner Web site by clicking on the following hyperlink: ATSDR/ODH Public Health Assessments and Health Consultations for Ohio sites

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