Health assessment for Ott/Story/Cordova Chemical, Muskegon County, Muskegon, Michigan, Region 5. CERCLIS No. MID06174240. Preliminary report

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

OSTI ID:5254869

The Ott/Story/Cordova Chemical plant is on the National Priorities List. The Ott Chemical Company began operations on the site in 1957 as a primarily phosgene-based chemical manufacturer producing a wide variety of synthetic compounds. The array of chemicals present at the Ott/Story/Cordova site provides a complicated environmental scenario when dealing with potential human exposure pathways and environmental contamination. Specific identification of all detected compounds is not complete, nor have the reactions among the identified chemicals been fully characterized. Three volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are of primary concern due to their carcinogenic capabilities: vinyl chloride, 1,2-dichloroethane and benzene. These three compounds have the most widespread distribution, especially in off-site groundwater samples others include chloroform, methylene chloride, and toluene, another VOC of concern, due to high concentrations in specific site locations. Toluene was detected in varying amounts with a maximum concentration of 64,000 ppb. Aniline was detected and is considered a contaminant of primary concern, as are its derivatives N,N-dimethylaniline, N-ethylaniline, and 4-chloroaniline. The potential media for contaminant transport are groundwater, soil, and air. The site is of potential public health concern because of the risk to human health that could result from possible exposure to hazardous substances that may result in adverse health effects over time.

• Research Organization: Michigan Dept. of Public Health, Lansing, MI (USA). Center for Environmental Health Sciences
• OSTI ID: 5254869
• Report Number(s): PB-90-104639/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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