[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 116 (Tuesday, June 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32812-32813]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-15808]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
[ATSDR-120]


Availability of the Child Health Workgroup Report, Healthy 
Children--Toxic Environments

AGENCY: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of the report, Healthy 
Children-Toxic Environments, by the ATSDR Board of Scientific 
Counselors' Child Health Workgroup. The public is invited to comment on 
this report.

DATES: Comments must be received within 35 days from the date of 
publication of this notice.

ADDRESSES: The report is available through Dr. Robert Amler, MD, Chief 
Medical Officer, Office of the Assistant Administrator, Agency for 
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Mailstop 
E-29, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, E-mail address rwal.cdc.gov and telephone 
(404) 639-0700.
    Submit written comments relating to the report to the above 
address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dr. Robert Amler, Chief Medical Officer, ATSDR; telephone (404) 639-
0700.


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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1996, the Agency for Toxic Substances and 
Disease Registry (ATSDR), an operating division of the U.S. Department 
of Health and Human Services, launched a Child Health Initiative. A 
Child Health Workgroup was appointed by ATSDR's external Board of 
Scientific Counselors. Members of the workgroup were selected for their 
knowledge of children's environmental health. The workgroup assessed 
ATSDR's activities as they pertain to individuals during prenatal life, 
infancy, children, and adolescence. The workgroup reviewed the four 
divisions of ATSDR separately. This effort included the review of 
published goals and objectives for each division, recent annual 
reports, and many other publications from each division. For each 
division, a meeting was held between members of the workgroup and the 
leadership of the division.
    The workgroup members determined that, although key information 
gaps could be identified, the most important activity was to offer a 
critique of current processes and suggestions for change that would 
improve the quality of the data, the pediatric impact of prevention, 
and the future benefit of the ATSDR's activities for the children being 
served. The report documenting this effort, Healthy Children-Toxic 
Environments, and its availability for public comment are being 
announced through this Federal Register notice.

    Dated: June 11, 1997.
Georgi Jones,
Director, Office of Policy and External Affairs, Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry.
[FR Doc. 97-15808 Filed 6-16-97; 8:45 am]
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