Health assessment for Beulah Sanitary Landfill, Escambia, Florida, Region 4. CERCLIS No. FLD980494660. Preliminary report

Technical Report · Thu May 31 00:00:00 EDT 1990

OSTI ID:6876104

The Beulah Landfill proposed National Priorities List (NPL) site is located three miles west of Ensley, Escambia County, Florida. On-site contaminants at probable health concern levels are lead, thallium, chloroform, benzene, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and chlordane. Based on site conditions, the contaminants found on site could readily migrate off site via surface water or ground water. Off-site migration poses a threat to human exposure through ingestion and dermal absorption of contaminated surface water or animals that live in surface water, ground water, or soils. To a lesser extent, contaminants may also migrate off site in air, thereby posing a potential threat to human exposure via inhalation of windblown particles and volatilized contaminants. Based upon information reviewed, it is concluded that this site is of potential public health concern because of the risk to human health from possible exposure to hazardous substances at concentrations that may result in adverse health effects. As noted in the Human Exposure Pathways section, human exposure to chlordane, thallium and PCBs could occur on site via incidental ingestion, inhalation and dermal absorption of the contaminated sludge.

• Research Organization: Florida State Dept. of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Tallahassee, FL (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6876104
• Report Number(s): PB-90-244823/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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