What is the relationship between ATSDR and USMC? Since they e both part of the federal government, isn there a conflict of interest?
ATSDR is an independent agency under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The agency is a federal public health agency that assesses potential human health effects of hazardous substances found at or near toxic waste sites. Because people were concerned about a conflict of interest, the Superfund law made ATSDR responsible for consults, assessments, and studies at toxic waste sites – including those found on property owned by other parts of the government, in this case the U.S. Marine Corps. Although the USMC has cooperated in the process so far, the planned study will be an ATSDR study and will remain independent of the Marine Corps.
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