title: Evolving with the times, the new national toxic substance incidents program.
abstract: ATSDR's surveillance and registries branch has a new three-part program to gather data on toxic substance incidents, the National Toxic Substance Incidents Program (NTSIP). NTSIP includes state-based surveillance of releases, a national database of chemical incidents, and incident investigations after large releases. NTSIP replaces the Hazardous Substances Emergency Events Surveillance program. Through this more comprehensive program, ATSDR is collecting data that may be used to decrease the number and severity of chemical releases and enhance preparedness, so that the health effects of future incidents are minimized.
authors.affiliation: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Division of Health Studies, Surveillance and Registries Branch, 4770 Buford Hwy NE, MS F-57, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA.
authors.forename: Mary Anne
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Duncan
authors.forename: Maureen F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Orr
mesh_terms: D055884:Chemical Hazard Release; D016208:Databases, Factual; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D015386:Hazardous Substances / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D011635:Public Health Administration; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013219:State Government; D014481:United States; D014483:United States Dept. of Health and Human Services
chemical_list: D015386:Hazardous Substances