Health assessment for Ford Motor Sludge Lagoon, Ypsilanti, Michigan, Region 5. CERCLIS No. MID981089246. Preliminary report

Technical Report · Fri Sep 30 04:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:5309138

The Ford Motor Sludge Lagoon Site has been listed on the National Priorities List. The site includes an abandoned sludge lagoon. To date, identified contaminants of concern on the site include cyanide, cadmium, chromium, copper, nickel, lead, zinc, mercury and polychlorinated biphenyls (Aroclor 1242, 1254, and 1260) in sludge. Sediment sampling in the nearby Willow Run Creek identified polychlorinated biphenyls. Based on the available information, the site is considered to be of potential public health concern because of the risk to human health caused by the possibility of exposure to hazardous substances via ingestion of contaminated ground water or surface water or of plants or animals that have accumulated contaminants from the site; contaminated-soil ingestion by children (principally contaminated off-site soil, if present); inhalation of compounds volatilized from contaminated water during household uses, contaminants volatilized from the site, or contaminants carried in re-entrained dust; and dermal contact with contaminated ground water, surface water, or soil.

• Research Organization: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5309138
• Report Number(s): PB-90-106956/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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