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Alameda County

Amco Chemical Site, West Oakland - Public Health Activities  -- In 2005, the California Department of Public Health--formerly California Department of Health Services (CDHS)--conducted an evaluation of the public health implications from contamination at the AMCO Chemical...

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - Public Health Activities  -- The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is a multi-program facility with a primary focus on research and development of nuclear weapons....

Alameda (2)

Alpine County

Leviathan Mine, Alpine County - Public Health Activities  --  The Leviathan Mine Site was originally mined for copper sulfate in 1863....

, Alpine (1)

Amador County

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Butte County

Oroville pancreatic cancer investigation  --  In 2008, the California Cancer Registry in the California Department of Public Health, in response to community concerns, confirmed that there was an elevated rate of pancreatic cancer in the Oroville...

, Butte (1)

Calaveras County

, Calaveras (0)

Colusa County

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Contra Costa County

Hookston Station, Pleasant Hill - Public Health Activities  -- In 2005, the California Department of Public Health--formerly California Department of Health Services (CDHS)--assisted the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board by reviewing and eventually...

UC Richmond Field Station - Public Health Activities  -- The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) conducted an comprehensive evaluation of exposure to contaminants at the University of California at Berkeley (UC) Richmond Field Station (RFS) site....

Zeneca, Richmond - Public Health Activities  -- The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) conducted an investigation of the public health implications of exposure to contamination from the Zeneca site (now known as the Campus Bay site)....

Georgia Pacific Gypsum (formerly Domtar Gypsum), Antioch - Public Health Activities  -- In 2008, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) released an evaluation of the ways in which people could be exposed to asbestos from the Georgia Pacific Gypsum (formerly Domtar) facility and...

, Contra Costa (4)

Del Norte County

, Del Norte (0)

El Dorado County

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Fresno County

, Fresno (0)

Glenn County

, Glenn (0)

Humboldt County

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Imperial County

Urinary Pesticide Metabolites Study  -- From 2001 to 2003, EHIB collected urine samples from women of reproductive age living in Imperial County and analyzed these samples for pesticides....

Border Asthma and Allergies Study (BASTA), Imperial County  -- In May 2005, the California Department of Public Health conducted a school-based respiratory health survey in Imperial County, California....

Geographic Information System (GIS) for the Border Region  --  Initiated in 2007, the Border GIS project inventories various types of environmental data for the Border region and assesses Environmental Health Indicators....

New River, Imperial County - Public Health Activities  -- Starting in the early 1990s, The California Department of Public Health (CDPH)--formerly the California Department of Health Services (CDHS)--has conducted several investigations, as well as public awareness...

Border GIS and LANDSAT Project: Pilot study of feasibility of using satellite imagery to predict cropping patterns in Imperial and Mexicali Valleys  -- In 1998, EHIB used satellite imaging methods to estimate the types of crops grown in the agricultural Mexicali Valley of Mexico and the land uses for this region....

Agricultural Burning in Imperial County: Recommendations to Reduce Exposures  -- In 2009, EHIB conducted air monitoring in communities in Imperial County that are potentially impacted by pollutants from agricultural burning....

, Imperial (6)

Inyo County

, Inyo (0)

Kern County

, Kern (0)

Kings County

, Kings (0)

Lake County

, Lake (0)

Lassen County

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Los Angeles County

Chrome Crankshaft and J&S Chrome Plating, Bell Gardens - Public Health Activities  -- Since 2001, the California Department of Public Health--formerly California Department of Health Services (CDHS)--has conducted evaluations of the public health implications of exposure to contamination...

Cooper Drum Site, South Gate - Public Health Activities  -- The California Department of Health Services (CDHS) prepared a public health assessment for the Cooper Drum Site under a cooperative agreement with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry...

Del Amo Superfund Site - Public Health Activities  -- Since 1984, the California Department of Health Services (CDHS)--now the California Department of Public Health--has conducted health investigations of the Del Amo Superfund Site and surrounding neighborhoods....

Montrose Chemical - Public Health Activities  -- Since the late 1980s, the California Department of Health Services (CDHS)--now the California Department of Public Health (CDPH)--has conducted health investigations of the Montrose Chemical Corporation...

Pemaco Maywood - Public Health Activities  -- The Pemaco Maywood site is a former chemical blending facility that operated from the late 1940s until 1991....

Omega Chemical Corporation, Whittier - Public Health Activities  --  The Omega Chemical facility is located in the City of Whittier, Los Angeles County....

National Gypsum Facility, Long Beach - Public Health Activities  -- The California Department of Public Health (CDPH), formerly the California Department of Health Services (CDHS), Environmental Health Investigations Branch, has prepared a health consultation under a cooperative...

, Los Angeles (7)

Madera County

, Madera (0)

Marin County

, Marin (0)

Mariposa County

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Mendocino County

Abex/Remco Hydraulics Corporation, Willits - Public Health Activities  -- The Abex/Remco Hydraulics Corporation operated as an industrial machine shop, which included chromium plating in Willits, Mendocino County, from the 1950s to 1995....

Laytonville Landfill - Public Health Activities  --  The California Department of Health Services (CDHS), Environmental Health Investigations Branch (EHIB), has released a public health assessment (PHA) about the Laytonville Landfill in Laytonville,...

, Mendocino (2)

Merced County

, Merced (0)

Modoc County

, Modoc (0)

Mono County

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Monterey County

, Monterey (0)

Napa County

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Nevada County

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Orange County

Cenco Tank Farm, Huntington Beach - Public Health Activities  -- In 2004, the California Department of Public Health--formerly California Department of Health Services (CDHS)--responded to a citizen's health concern related to potential lead exposure from the Cenco...

, Orange (1)

Placer County

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Plumas County

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Riverside County

Alark Hard Chrome, Riverside - Public Health Activities  -- The Alark Hard Chrome site located in Riverside was a metal-plating facility between 1971 and 1985....

Wyle Laboratories, Norco - Public Health Activities  -- The California Department of Public Health--formerly California Department of Health Services (CDHS)--conducted health education activities in the area of the Wyle Labs site....

, Riverside (2)

Sacramento County

Aerojet-General Corporation Superfund Site, Rancho Cordova - Public Health Activities  --  The Aerojet-General Corporation (Aerojet) is located in Rancho Cordova, Sacramento County....

Perchlorate in Drinking Water and Newborn Thyroid Function - Public Health Activities  -- Historic waste disposal practices at the Aerojet-General Corporation facility in Rancho Cordova contaminated some of that city's underground drinking water supply with perchlorate, starting in the late...

, Sacramento (2)

San Benito County

, San Benito (0)

San Bernardino County

Molycorp Mine - Public Health Activities  -- The California Department of Public Health--formerly California Department of Health Services (CDHS)--provided technical and educational assistance to the community around the Molycorp Inc....

Nursery Products - Public Health Activities  -- The Site Assessment Section (SAS) of the Environmental Health Investigations Branch (EHIB) received a request from the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) to assist in addressing...

, San Bernardino (2)

San Diego County

Geographic Information System (GIS) for the Border Region  --  Initiated in 2007, the Border GIS project inventories various types of environmental data for the Border region and assesses Environmental Health Indicators....

, San Diego (1)

San Francisco County

, San Francisco (0)

San Joaquin County

, San Joaquin (0)

San Luis Obispo County

Klau/Buena Vista Mines, San Luis Obispo County - Public Health Activities  -- The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is conducting an investigation of the public health implications of exposure to contamination from the Klau and Buena Vista Mines....

, San Luis Obispo (1)

San Mateo County

, San Mateo (0)

Santa Barbara County

Casmalia Resources Landfill, Casmalia - Public Health Activities  -- Casmalia Resources is a former Class I hazardous waste landfill located in northern Santa Barbara County....

, Santa Barbara (1)

Santa Clara County

, Santa Clara (0)

Santa Cruz County

Santa Cruz Harbor, Santa Cruz - Public Health Activities  -- The Environmental Health Investigations Branch, of the California Department of Health Services (CDHS), conducted an evaluation of possible exposure to hydrogen sulfide that is emitted into the air as...

, Santa Cruz (1)

Shasta County

, Shasta (0)

Sierra County

, Sierra (0)

Siskiyou County

, Siskiyou (0)

Solano County

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Sonoma County

, Sonoma (0)

Stanislaus County

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Sutter County

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Tehama County

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Trinity County

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Tulare County

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Tuolumne County

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Ventura County

Halaco, Oxnard - Public Health Activities  -- In 2008-09, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) conducted an investigation of the public health implications of exposure to contamination from the former Halaco Engineering Company site....

, Ventura (1)

Yolo County

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Yuba County

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