"ATSDR’s Toxic Substances Web Portal makes it easy for researchers and individuals to find information about toxic chemicals, understand how these chemicals can affect health, and learn how to prevent exposure.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) prepare the National Priority List (NPL). The NPL is a “list of national priorities among the known releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants throughout the United States and its territories. The NPL is intended primarily to be a guide to determine which sites warrant further investigation.”
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), commonly known as the Superfund Act, requires ATSDR to create toxicological profiles that examine hazardous substances on the NPL. ATSDR began making the profiles and other products available on its website. Initially, toxic substance information was organized by publication, so only those with prior knowledge of ATSDR publications could locate substance information easily..."Toxic substances
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