Technical Bulletin No. 0835: A Review of Kraft Pulp Mill Community Health Studies

Articles describing environmental health hazards appear almost daily in the popular press. The public is concerned about potential health risks associated with the use of agricultural chemicals, solid waste disposal sites, and industrial emissions. Thus, it is not surprising that managers of pulp and paper mills and representatives of the companies that own them periodically receive requests from the residents of mill communities for information on potential health hazards associated with mill operations.