Health assessment for Buzby Brothers Landfill, Voorhees Township, New Jersey, Region 2. CERCLIS No. NJD000305524. Final report

Technical Report · Wed Jun 05 04:00:00 EDT 1991

OSTI ID:5230689

The Buzby Brothers Landfill is located in Voorhees Township, Camden County, in southwestern New Jersey. Buzby Brothers Materials Company operated a landfill on their property and on contiguous property leased from RCA Corporation (RCA) from 1966 to 1978. A residential area was constructed near the eastern boundary of the landfill in the mid 1980s, after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recommended that the area not be developed for residences. A stream containing hazardous substances discharging from the landfill runs through several back yards in the residential area. The landfill contains domestic and industrial wastes, some of which contain hazardous substances. Hazardous substances were detected in ground water, surface water, sediments, and soils on-site. Hazardous substances were also detected in surface water and sediments off-site, and methane was detected in soil gas off-site above the Lower Explosive Limit. Residents in the vicinity of the landfill may have been exposed to hazardous substances in soil, surface water, sediment, and air on-site; and in surface water, sediments and air off-site prior to 1988. Due to the lack of information on monitoring data and exposures in the past and in the present, ATSDR is not currently considering conducting follow-up health activities in the vicinity of the Buzby Brothers Landfill. However, if additional information becomes available in the future regarding releases of toxic substances and exposure to those substances, ATSDR will review that information and determine whether additional follow-up health activities are necessary.

• Research Organization: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA (United States)
• OSTI ID: 5230689
• Report Number(s): PB-91-201657/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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