Health assessment for Bunker Hill Site, Kellog, Shoshone County, Idaho, Region 10. CERCLIS No. IDD048340921. Preliminary report
The Bunker Hill site is on the National Priorities List. Mining and smelting operations have occurred in the area (Silver Valley) since the 1880s. Contamination found within the study area include: lead (33,000 ppm in surface soils, 2.6 ppm in surface water, 11,400 ppm in sediments, 90 ppm in mammalian tissue, and 600 ppb in ground water); cadmium (319 ppm in surface soils, 0.95 ppm in surface water, 51 ppm in sediments, 23 ppm in mammalian tissue, and 250 ppb in ground water); cadmium 319 ppm surface soils, 0.95 ppm in surface water, 51 ppm in sediments, 23 ppm in mammalian tissues, and 250 ppb in ground water; zinc (26,800 ppm in surface soil, 35 ppm in surface water, 7,550 ppm in sediments, and 132,000 ppb in ground water), and polychlorinated biphenyls (1.06 ppb in surface water). The site is of public health concern because human exposure to heavy metals is probably occurring via ingestion, dermal, or inhalation exposure to contaminated surface soils, mine wastes and tailings, surface waters, or contaminated foodstuffs.
- Research Organization:
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5051546
- Report Number(s):
- PB-90-119272/XAB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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