[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 189 (Tuesday, September 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 51111]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25836]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
[ATSDR-125]


Availability of the Final 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 final report, 
Healthy Children-Toxic Environments, by the ATSDR Board of Scientific 
Counselors' Child Health Workgroup.

ADDRESSES: The report is accessible or available through the following 
three methods:

--The Internet at http://atsdr1.atsdr.cdc.gov:8080/child/chw497.html
--A request to the ATSDR Information Center, Mailstop E57, 1600 Clifton 
Rd., Atlanta, GA 30333, telephone 404-639-6357 or 1-800-447-1544
--A request via email to: [email protected]

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The ATSDR Information Center, 
telephone (404) 639-6357 or 1-800-447-1544.

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 availability of draft report for public comment was 
announced in the Federal Register on June 17, 1997 (62 FR 32812). The 
availability of the final report documenting this effort, Healthy 
Children-Toxic Environments, is being announced through this Federal 
Register notice.

    Dated: September 24, 1997.
Georgi Jones,
Director, Office of Policy and External Affairs, Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry.
[FR Doc. 97-25836 Filed 9-29-97; 8:45 am]
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