Findings from the Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) Studies

As a result of efforts by the Anniston Community Against Pollution (CAP) group and U.S. Senators Richard Shelby and Barbara Mikulski, Jacksonville State University (JSU) was awarded a $3.2 million grant from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) to study the health effects
of PCB exposure on Anniston residents.
JSU functioned as the community liaison for these research projects. Studies were conducted under the direction of the Anniston Environmental Health Research Consortium, a group of experts located at over a dozen
universities and research centers in the U.S., with local input from a community advisory committee. On April 1, 2008, findings from these five studies were released at the community meeting: more

Contact:

Christie Shelton
cshelton@jsu.edu
256-782-8427