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The document titled EPA Brownfields' Protecting Public Health states:
Brownfields may have broader health impacts of concern to the community, including
- Safety. Abandoned and derelict structures, open foundations, other infrastructure or equipment that may be compromised due to lack of maintenance, vandalism, deterioration, controlled substance contaminated sites (i.e., methamphetamine labs), or abandoned mine sites may all pose safety risks.
- Social and economic factors. Blight, crime, vagrancy, reduced social capital or community 'connectedness', reductions in the local government tax base, and private property values that may reduce social services are all social and economic problems sometimes created by brownfields.
- Environmental health. Potential environmental dangers can be biological, physical, or chemical, and can be the result of site contamination, groundwater impacts, surface runoff, migration of contaminants, or wastes dumped on site.
Web links with further information on revitalization and public health are listed in the Public Health Exhibit.
Exhibit: Public Health
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EPA
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Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration
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National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
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National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
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World Health Organization (WHO)
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