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Health assessment for Clear Creek/Central City, Clear Creek and Gilpin Counties, Colorado, Region 8. CERCLIS No. COD980717557. Final report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5123204
Clear Creek/Central City is a National Priorities List site located within the communities of Idaho Springs, Central City and Black Hawk, Colorado. The site consists of abandoned mill tailings and waste-rock piles with numerous open mining tunnels and shafts. Site contaminants consist of a variety of heavy metals, sulfur, radionuclides, and acid-mine discharges. The site is of public health concern because of the risk to human health caused by probable human exposure to hazardous substances at levels that may result in adverse human health effects over time.
Research Organization:
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA (USA)
OSTI ID:
5123204
Report Number(s):
PB-90-115825/XAB
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English