Activist Tools: Federal Government Agencies

U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
Phone: (888) 422-8737
The mission of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), as an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is to serve the public by using the best science, taking responsive public health actions, and providing trusted health information to prevent harmful exposures and disease related to toxic substances.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Phone: (202) 272-01670
EPA's mission is to protect human health and to safeguard the natural environment — air, water, and land — upon which life depends. Those looking for help battling a local pollution source may be interested in the US EPA page, "Concerned Citizens Resorces," at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/citizen.htm.

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