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Title: Health assessment for Chemplex Chemical Company, Clinton, Iowa, Region 7. CERCLIS No. IAD045372836. Preliminary report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5184003

The Chemplex Chemical Company site is listed on the National Priorities List. Also known as Norchem, USI Chemical Company, and Enron, the site has been a high- and low-density polyethylene plastic manufacturing facility since 1968. Manufacturing wastes were disposed of on-site in an unlined landfill and a lined lagoon. While removing sludges from a waste lagoon, the containment system was ruptured. Ground water on-site is contaminated with benzene (117 ppm), toluene (9 ppm), styrene (5 ppm), trichloroethene (5 ppb), phenol (2 ppb), and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, including naphthalene (6 ppm), phenanthrene (1 ppm), and fluorene (1 ppm). Ground water off-site is contaminated with trichloroethene (5 ppb) and phenol (2 ppb). In addition, sediment off-site is contaminated with phenanthrene (282 ppm). The site is considered to be of potential public health concern because of the risk to human health caused by the possibility of exposure to hazardous substances via contaminated ground water, surface water, soil, sediment, and fish.

Research Organization:
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA (USA)
OSTI ID:
5184003
Report Number(s):
PB-90-111873/XAB
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English