Health assessment for Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation, Mead, Spokane County, Washington, Region 10. CERCLIS No. WAD000065508. Preliminary report

Technical Report · Wed Apr 12 04:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:5151078

The 240-acre Kaiser Aluminum Site is on the National Priorities List. The plant was built in 1942 as an aluminum-reduction facility. Concentrations of cyanide (total) in the river range from 0.011 to 1.7 parts per million (ppm) and free cyanide concentrations ranged from non-detected (ND) to 0.58 ppm. Soils on-site are contaminated with cyanide and fluoride; total cyanide levels range from ND to 985 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 ingestion of contaminated ground water, dermal absorption of contaminants found in the surface soils on-site, and inhalation of and dermal contact with reentrained contaminated dust.

• Research Organization: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5151078
• Report Number(s): PB-90-119447/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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