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Public health assessment for Lower Ecorse Creek Dump, Wyandotte, Wayne County, Michigan, Region 5. Cerclis No. MID985574227. Final report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:195215
The Lower Ecorse Creek Dump site, also called the North Drive Dump or Wyandotte Cyanide site, is located in a residential area in Wyandotte, Michigan, on the south bank of the Ecorse River. The site area is a reclaimed former wetland, and waste materials were used as fill, including waste from a coal gasification plant, a potential source of the blue cyanide-containing material. The site posed an urgent public health hazard in the past, when areas of surface soil were contaminated with a cyanide-iron complex and cyanide-contaminated groundwater seeped into basements of homes on the site. Remediation of the contamination at the site has reduced the potential for human exposure.
Research Organization:
Michigan Dept. of Public Health, Lansing, MI (United States)
OSTI ID:
195215
Report Number(s):
PB--96-128061/XAB
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English