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Alameda County

Amco Chemical Site, West Oakland - Public Health Activities  --  The AMCO Chemical site is located at 1414 Third Street in West Oakland and operated as a chemical transfer facility from the 1960s to 1989....

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

, Amador (0)

Butte County

, Butte (0)

Calaveras County

, Calaveras (0)

Colusa County

, Colusa (0)

Contra Costa County

Hookston Station, Pleasant Hill - Public Health Activities  --  The Hookston Station site is located in Pleasant Hill, Contra Costa County....

UC Richmond Field Station - Public Health Activities  -- University of California at Berkeley (UC) Richmond Field Station (RFS) (formerly California Cap Company) is located between the San Francisco Bay and state highway 580, and between Point Isabelle on the...

Zeneca, Richmond - Public Health Activities  -- In mid-May 2005, the Contra Costa County Health Officer requested the assistance of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), formerly California Department of Health...

, Contra Costa (3)

Del Norte County

, Del Norte (0)

El Dorado County

, El Dorado (0)

Fresno County

, Fresno (0)

Glenn County

, Glenn (0)

Humboldt County

, Humboldt (0)

Imperial County

Urinary Pesticide Metabolites with CDC  -- In October 2001, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in collaboration with EHIB, collected 100 urine samples from women of reproductive age....

Border Asthma and Allergies Study (BASTA), Imperial County  --  The California Department of Health Services is conducting a school-based respiratory health survey in 13- and 14-year old children in Imperial County....

Border GIS  --  The objectives of this project were to (1) conduct an inventory and assessment of health, hazard, and exposure databases unique to the California/Baja California region which could be used in a border...

, Imperial (3)

Inyo County

, Inyo (0)

Kern County

, Kern (0)

Kings County

, Kings (0)

Lake County

, Lake (0)

Lassen County

, Lassen (0)

Los Angeles County

Chrome Crankshaft and J&S Chrome Plating, Bell Gardens - Public Health Activities  --  The Chrome Crankshaft and J&S Chrome Plating sites operated as electroplating facilities between the late 1950s through the 1990s....

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  -- The Del Amo site is located in western Los Angeles County, between the cities of Torrance and Carson....

Montrose Chemical - Public Health Activities  -- Montrose Chemical Corporation site is a former DDT manufacturing and formulation facility located in the City of <>....

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 Health Services (CDHS), Environmental Health Investigations Branch, has prepared a health consultation under a cooperative agreement with the Agency for Toxic Substances and...

, Los Angeles (7)

Madera County

, Madera (0)

Marin County

, Marin (0)

Mariposa County

, Mariposa (0)

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

, Mono (0)

Monterey County

Salinas: Pesticides and Children  -- The Center for the Health Assessment of Mothers and Children of Salinas (CHAMACOS) is a partnership that includes members of the Salinas Valley community and academic, state, and federal science agencies....

, Monterey (1)

Napa County

, Napa (0)

Nevada County

, Nevada (0)

Orange County

Cenco Tank Farm, Huntington Beach - Public Health Activities  -- The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) was petitioned by a citizen to consult on health issues relative to lead at the Cenco Refining Company (CENCO) in Huntington Beach, California....

, Orange (1)

Placer County

, Placer (0)

Plumas County

, Plumas (0)

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  -- Wyle Labs, located in Norco, is a 429-acre former defense and aerospace testing facility that operated from the late 1950s until 2004....

, 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  -- 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...

, San Bernardino (2)

San Diego County

Border GIS  --  The objectives of this project were to (1) conduct an inventory and assessment of health, hazard, and exposure databases unique to the California/Baja California region which could be used in a border...

, 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 Klau and Buena Vista Mines are located in San Luis Obispo County and have contributed significant levels of mercury to downstream waters....

, 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

, Solano (0)

Sonoma County

, Sonoma (0)

Stanislaus County

, Stanislaus (0)

Sutter County

, Sutter (0)

Tehama County

, Tehama (0)

Trinity County

, Trinity (0)

Tulare County

, Tulare (0)

Tuolumne County

, Tuolumne (0)

Ventura County

Halaco, Oxnard - Public Health Activities  --  The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is conducting an investigation of the risk of exposure to contamination from the former Halaco Company site....

, Ventura (1)

Yolo County

, Yolo (0)

Yuba County

, Yuba (0)