Health assessment for St. Louis River/US Steel, St. Louis River/Interlake/Duluth Tar, Duluth, Minnesota, Region 5. CERCLIS No. MND039045430. Final report

Technical Report · Tue Jun 27 04:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:5308914

The U.S. Steel Duluth Works (USS) Site, together with the Interlake Duluth Tar Site, is listed on the National Priorities List as the St. Louis River Site. The USS Site contains soil, ground water, and surface water contaminated with polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Demolition workers, remediation workers, and trespassers may be exposed to PAHs in contaminated on-site soils via dermal contact ingestion or inhalation. The general public may be exposed to PAH compounds via dermal contact, ingestion or inhalation of contaminated soils and river sediments, or via ingestion of contaminated fish.

• Research Organization: Minnesota Dept. of Health, Minneapolis, MN (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5308914
• Report Number(s): PB-90-107335/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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