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Public health assessment for Annie Creek Mine Tailings (reliance tailings), Leade, Lawrence County, South Dakota, Region 8. Cerclis No. SDD987666013. Final report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:273229
The Annie Creek Mine Tailings Site is located about 3.5 miles west of the town of Lead in the Black Hills region of South Dakota. Arsenic contamination has been detected in surface water, groundwater, alluvial soils, stream bed sediments and biota. The potential exists that vacationers and seasonal residents may be occasionally exposed to arsenic through ingestion of surface water and groundwater or by incidental ingestion of contaminated sediments from the stream beds of Annie and Spearfish Creek. ATSDR has concluded that Annie Creek Mine Tailings presents a no apparent public health hazard since the available data do not indicate that the occasional exposures to site contamination are occuring at concentrations that would be expected to produce adverse health effects.
Research Organization:
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA (United States). Div. of Health Assessment and Consultation
OSTI ID:
273229
Report Number(s):
PB--96-188784/XAB
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English