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Chromium Resource Center

Important links, addresses, and phone numbers you can use to get more information on chromium, chromium contamination, and its dangers.

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

Division of Toxicology

1600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop F-32

Atlanta, GA 30333

Phone: 888-422-8737

FAX: (770)-488-4178

ATSDR can tell you the location of occupational and environmental health clinics. These clinics specialize in recognizing, evaluating, and treating illnesses resulting from exposure to hazardous substances.

National Technical Information Service

5285 Port Royal Road

Springfield, VA 22161

Phone: 800-553-6847 or 703-605-6000

To order toxicological profiles.

Poison Control: 1 (800) 222-1222

Bureau of Land Management Home Page: http://www.blm.gov/nhp/index.htm

US Environmental Protection Agency: http://www.epa.gov/

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see also:

Medical Tests Medical tests to determine whether you have been exposed to chromium
Exposure to Chromium is measured in hair, urine, serum and blood cells

Federal Action Chromium Protection - How does the federal government protect me?
Chromium Protection - The federal government develops recommendations.

Resource Center Chromium Resource Center
Hexavalent Chromium water pollution & chromium land fill contamination information resources

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