The Environmental Health Assessment Program (EHAP) investigates contaminated sites in order to assess the risk to public health.
EHAP's goal is to prevent exposures to toxic substances and works to educate communities on how to reduce or prevent these exposures. Sites include those listed on the National Priority List (or Superfund sites) and other contaminated sites that affect Oregon communities.
Who we are: EHAP maintains an integrated site team that includes a program coordinator, a toxicologist, an epidemiologist, and a community health educator. We become involved in sites at the request of concerned individuals, government agencies and other organizations.
Two of EHAP's current sites:
- Highway 36/ Triangle Lake Exposure Investigation: In coordination with several state and federal agencies, EHAP is conducting an exposure investigation to determine if and how people living in the Triangle Lake/ Highway 36 area of the coastal mountain range are being exposed to herbicides from current forest practices. Get more information on the exposure investigation.
- Black Butte Mine: In 2010, the Black Butte Mine was listed on the Federal Superfund program's National Priority List (NPL). EHAP has begun site assessment activities to evaluate human health risks from the abandoned mercury mine and how it impacts the health of the public nearby. Get more information on Black Butte Mine.
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Some of EHAP's many partners:
