Health assessment for H. Brown Company, Inc. , Kent County, Michigan, Region 5. CERCLIS No. MID017015136. Preliminary report

Technical Report · Sun Feb 28 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:5253233

H. Brown Company, Inc, a wet-cell battery reclamation business, is listed on the National Priorities List. Total chromium (200 ppb), total copper (22,000 ppb) total nickel (26,000 ppb), lead (3,900 ppb) and hexavalent chromium (>0.1 ppb) has been detected in pooled waste waters. Environmental contaminants known to have been dumped on the ground are sulfuric acid containing lead compounds, crushed lead plates from wet-cell batteries, and other scrap metals. In 1984 an EPA sampling of water from the on-site office well yielded a concentration of 152 ppb of methylene chloride. The site is of potential public health concern because of the risk to human health that could result from possible exposure to hazardous substances at levels that may result in adverse health effects over time; human exposure to heavy metals and acidic compounds may be occurring via dermal contact and ingestion pathways.

• Research Organization: Michigan Dept. of Public Health, Lansing, MI (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5253233
• Report Number(s): PB-90-107756/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ELEMENTS
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HAZARDS
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HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
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