Health assessment for Westinghouse Plant, Sunnyvale, California, Region 9. CERCLIS No. CAD001864081. Preliminary report

Technical Report · Fri Jan 20 04:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:5308524

The Westinghouse Plant Site (WPS) is on the National Priorities List. WPS currently manufactures steam generators, marine propulsion systems, and missile launching systems for the Department of Defense. Preliminary on-site soil sampling results have identified PCB's (77 to 28,000 ppm). In addition, PCBs were identified in ground water sampling results (9 ppb), along with 1,2,4 trichlorobenzene (120 to 5,600 ppb). Preliminary off-site soil sampling results identified PCBs. The site is considered to be of potential public health concern because of the potential of direct contact with and ingestion of contaminated ground water, surface water, and soils. Ingestion of bioaccumulated contaminants in the food chain and inhalation of volatilized contaminants and those contaminants entrained in air are other possible human exposure pathways.

• Research Organization: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5308524
• Report Number(s): PB-90-119066/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290300 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Environment
Health
& Safety
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320305* -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Industrial & Agricultural Processes-- Industrial Waste Management
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540220 -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
540320 -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
AROMATICS
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
DOCUMENT TYPES
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE
FOOD CHAINS
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
LAND POLLUTION
LAWS
MATTER
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION LAWS
PROGRESS REPORT
PUBLIC HEALTH
RISK ASSESSMENT
SUPERFUND
VOLATILE MATTER
WASTES
WATER POLLUTION