Health assessment for Crystal Chemical Company, Houston, Harris County, Texas, Region 6. CERCLIS No. TXD990707010. Addendum. Final report
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:5244816
The Crystal Chemical Company, a National Priorities List site, is located on a 5-acre tract off Westpark Drive in Houston, Texas. The company was in operation from 1968 to 1981 and manufactured arsenic-based herbicides. In 1988, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) prepared and released a Health Assessment for the site. ATSDR concluded that soil, surface water, and ground water at the Crystal Chemical site were contaminated with arsenic both on and off site. They also concluded that children playing in the area and workers involved in remediation on and off site could be exposed to site arsenic through oral, skin, and inhalation exposures. The Public Health Assessment Addendum evaluates the public health implications of new environmental sampling information from the Supplemental Feasibility Study (SFS), reviews the Crystal Chemical Company Exposure Study findings, and comments on the proposed clean-up levels for arsenic with remediation of the site.
- Research Organization:
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 5244816
- Report Number(s):
- PB-92-179548/XAB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540220* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
540320 -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
560300 -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AGE GROUPS
ARSENIC
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
CHILDREN
CONTAMINATION
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ELEMENTS
FEDERAL REGION VI
GROUND WATER
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRY
INHALATION
INTAKE
LAND POLLUTION
LAWS
MATERIALS
MONITORING
NORTH AMERICA
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION LAWS
PUBLIC HEALTH
REMEDIAL ACTION
RISK ASSESSMENT
SEMIMETALS
SITE SURVEYS
SOILS
SURFACE WATERS
TEXAS
US SUPERFUND
USA
WATER
WATER POLLUTION
540220* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
540320 -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
560300 -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AGE GROUPS
ARSENIC
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
CHILDREN
CONTAMINATION
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ELEMENTS
FEDERAL REGION VI
GROUND WATER
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRY
INHALATION
INTAKE
LAND POLLUTION
LAWS
MATERIALS
MONITORING
NORTH AMERICA
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION LAWS
PUBLIC HEALTH
REMEDIAL ACTION
RISK ASSESSMENT
SEMIMETALS
SITE SURVEYS
SOILS
SURFACE WATERS
TEXAS
US SUPERFUND
USA
WATER
WATER POLLUTION