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Hazardous Substances Emergency Event Surveillance |
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The goal of the Hazardous Substances
Emergency Event Surveillance (HSEES) project is to reduce or eliminate
injuries that can result from hazardous substances events. To attain
this goal the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services:
The federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) began HSEES in 1990. New Jersey has been collecting this information since January 2000. New Jersey is one of fifteen states that has a cooperative agreement with ATSDR to conduct work on hazardous substances events under HSEES. Other states' HSEES websites can be found through the ATSDR at www.atsdr.cdc.gov/hs/hsees/. A HSEES event includes any short-term release or threatened release of a substance (with the exception of petroleum products) that can cause adverse human health effects. Additional information on HSEES is available from the ATSDR HSEES website. |
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| Current Data | Click
here for a statistical summary of hazardous substance
emergency events |
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| Case Studies | Follow
this link
for information on a few cases with injuries due to exposures. |
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| Household Cleaning Product Safety |
Did you know that chlorine bleach
forms a poisonous gas when mixed with ammonia? Here you
will find information
about chlorine-containing products,
such as bleach, and the health risks you may face from improperly
using those products. |
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| A Few More Web Sites | Links
to other web sites with information on hazardous
substances. ATSDR ToxFAQs National Pesticide Information Center Right-To-Know Hazardous Substance Fact Sheets New Jersey Poison Information and Education System New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection NJDEP Air Quality page NJDEP Emergency Response page United States Environmental Protection Agency USEPA Air Pollution page USEPA Emergency Response page |
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