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... James W Stephens, PhD Associate Director for Science Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1600 Clifton Road, NE Atlanta, GA 30333 Dear Dr.
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... REVIEW OF ATSDR'S GREAT LAKES REPORT DRAFTS prepared a third draft in April 2008, which was also posted to its Web site. The 2008 draft no longer contained the health data that had been included in the previous draft.
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... REVIEW OF ATSDR'S GREAT LAKES REPORT DRAFTS analysis was included to provide a basis for presenting and synthesizing data from multiple sources in the same tables or to quantify uncertainties. The committee believed that the data were summarized and described in a manner that could encourage the reader to reach conclusions not supported by evidence.
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... REVIEW OF ATSDR'S GREAT LAKES REPORT DRAFTS CHSR data pre-empted any concerns of reviewers regarding those data, but narrowed the potential utility of the report draft by excluding any consideration of health outcomes beyond the health data compiled in ATSDR's existing health evaluations. Reviewer comments on the contaminant data and the need for further discussion of availability of data were not addressed.
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... REVIEW OF ATSDR'S GREAT LAKES REPORT DRAFTS of resources available to ATSDR for completing the drafts was outside the charge to the committee. This letter report reflects the consensus of the committee and has been reviewed in accordance with IOM review procedures.

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