title: Public health response to metallic mercury spills in Kansas.
abstract: Local and state public health officials are called on to respond to environmental public health hazards just as they historically have been called on to respond to communicable disease outbreaks. Recent experience with metallic mercury spills in Kansas suggests that neither the legal authority nor the scientific knowledgebase is as well developed for response to environmental hazards as for communicable disease threats.
authors.affiliation: Epidemiologic Services Section, Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Topeka, USA.
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Monroe
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pezzino
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Knoche
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Henning
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Belt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D015386:Hazardous Substances; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007615:Kansas; D008628:Mercury / Q000097:blood; D008630:Mercury Poisoning / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015980:Public Health Practice
chemical_list: D015386:Hazardous Substances; D008628:Mercury