Public health assessment for Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Commerce City, Adams County, Colorado, Region 8. Cerclis No. CO5210020769. September 30, 1996. Final report
The Rocky Mountain Arsenal (RMA) was established in 1942 and was used for the manufacture of chemical munitions. From the late 1940s to the early 1980s, some of the facilities was leased to private companies for the manufacture of industrial chemicals, primarily pesticides and herbicides. Industrial and waste disposal practices resulted in contamination of soil, surface water, sediment, and groundwater. Of the more than 750 different chemicals handled or generated at the Arsenal, more than 90 were chosen as target analytes for the remedial investigations, Onpost and Offpost. Onpost, the contamination of dispersed in structures, surficial soils, sediments, groundwater, surface water, and biota. Based upon soil contamination, a total of 181 contaminated sites have been identified Onpost.
- Research Organization:
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 405925
- Report Number(s):
- PB--97-104145/XAB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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