Health assessment for Waste Management of Michigan, Ottawa County, Holland, Michigan, Region 5. CERCLIS No. MID060179587. Preliminary report

Technical Report · Fri Apr 14 04:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:5219821

Waste Management of Michigan (Jacobusse's Refuse Service) is listed on the National Priorities List. The 160-acre site was used by Jacobusse's Refuse Service, and later by Waste Management of Michigan, from approximately 1971 to 1979, as a dewatering site for liquid industrial wastes, including aluminum and metallic hydroxides and activated-sludge residues. Analyses showed that the site's shallow aquifer was contaminated with up to 2.1 parts per billion (ppb) toluene, 1.1 ppb benzene, 0.9 ppb cis-1,3-dichloropropylene, 1.2 ppb 1,1,1-trichloroethane, 0.9 ppb trichloroethylene, and 1.4 ppb vinyl chloride. Concentrations of up to 20 ppb of dissolved cadmium were detected in 1980 in monitor wells adjacent to the site's dewatering lagoons. The Waste Management of Michigan site is of potential public health concern because of the risk to human health that could result from possible exposure to hazardous substances. Human exposure to chloroform, dichloroethane, and trichloroethylene have occurred via ingestion of ground water; human exposure to toxic chemicals may be occurring via dermal contact, inhalation and ingestion.

• Research Organization: Michigan Dept. of Public Health, Lansing, MI (USA). Center for Environmental Health Sciences
• OSTI ID: 5219821
• Report Number(s): PB-90-107962/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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