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Health assessment for Alsco Anaconda National Priorities List (NPL) site, Gnadenhutten, Ohio, Region 5. CERCLIS No. OHD057243610. Preliminary report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5309411
The Alsco Anaconda plant is listed on the National Priorities List. The soil, sludge, ground water, and sediment were sampled. On-site soils are contaminated with manganese at levels of public health concern, 480-7,200 parts per million (ppm). The swamp sediment is contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) (Aroclor 1242, 1248, and 1254) at levels of public health concern, less than 0.16-3,000 ppm. Ground water samples show that cyanide (total) (less than 0.02-0.47 ppm), fluoride (less than 0.1-8.7 ppm), nitrate (less than 0.1-21 ppm), and selenium (less than 0.001-0.015 ppm) are at levels of public health concern. 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 the ingestion of contaminated biota found in the swamp and of river water after the site has been flooded.
Research Organization:
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA (USA)
OSTI ID:
5309411
Report Number(s):
PB-90-100330/XAB
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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