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To subscribe, E-mail the words . . The regulations require periodic medical examinations, a minimum of 40 hours of safety and health training for workers at cleanup sites and active dumps, extensive monitoring of air at the sites, and provision of protective gear for employees. Citizens who inquire should be able to get the monitoring data, and thus learn something about the chemicals that are wafting off-site into neighborhoods near dumps and Superfund cleanup sites. Citizens may also want to inquire about the nature of the medical studies conducted under these regulations, though the details of specific medical findings will be confidential and not available to the public. Citizens should be asking similar questions about their neighbors and themselves, if they live near a dump.