Johnson B L
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
Toxicol Lett. 1995 Sep;79(1-3):11-6. doi: 10.1016/0378-4274(95)03351-k.
The American public, like persons in many other nations, is concerned about the potential adverse impacts of uncontrolled hazardous wastes. The concerns are often predicated on the fear that adverse health effects will occur because of releases of hazardous substances into community environments. To respond to these concerns, government agencies and private sector organizations must rely on credible, accessible, up-to-date information databases. These databases should be relevant to the needs of the people who respond to uncontrolled releases of hazardous substances. Of particular importance are databases that profile the toxicity of hazardous substances and other information useful to physicians and other health care providers. This paper describes how the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Diseases Registry (ATSDR) has developed several toxicologic and human health information databases under mandates in the Superfund statute for responding to the public's concerns about hazardous substances.
美国公众和许多其他国家的民众一样，对无控制的危险废物可能产生的不利影响感到担忧。这些担忧往往基于这样一种恐惧，即由于有害物质释放到社区环境中，会对健康产生不利影响。为回应这些担忧，政府机构和私营部门组织必须依靠可靠、易于获取且最新的信息数据库。这些数据库应与应对有害物质无控制释放的人员的需求相关。对医生和其他医疗保健提供者有用的、描述有害物质毒性及其他信息的数据库尤为重要。本文介绍了联邦有毒物质和疾病登记署（ATSDR）如何根据《超级基金法》的授权开发了多个毒理学和人类健康信息数据库，以回应公众对有害物质的担忧。
