Health assessment for Thermo Chem, Inc. , Muskegon, Michigan, Region 5. CERCLIS No. MID044567162. Preliminary report

Technical Report · Mon Nov 28 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:5310567

Thermo-Chem, Inc. is listed on the National Priorities List. The Thermo-Chem, Inc. site is located in Muskegon County, Michigan. Thermo-Chem, Inc. was involved in solvent reprocessing and liquid-waste disposal, beginning operations in 1969 and continuing until August 1980. The company received paint waste, antifreeze waste, and spent halogenated and nonhalogenated solvents. A soil-gas and soil-sampling survey detected: trichloroethene (TCE), 24,000 ppb; tetrachloroethene (PCE), 400,000 ppb; 1,1,1-trichloroethane, 16,000 ppb; 1,2-dichloroethylene, 4,500 ppb; toluene, 92,000 ppb; ethyl benzene, 450,000 ppb; and xylene, 2,100,000 ppb. The following contaminants and their respective concentrations in ppb were detected in the monitoring wells in 1986 as part of the hydrogeologic investigation: TCE, 67,000; PCE, 54,000; 1,1,1-trichloroethane, 26,000; 1,2-dichloroethene, 7,200; toluene, 100,000; ethyl benzene, 2,000; benzene, 5,000; methylene chloride, 1,800 and xylene, 17,000. No contamination has been detected in nearby residential wells. The site is of potential public health concern because of the risk to human health that could result from possible exposure to hazardous substances at levels that may result in adverse health effects over time. Human exposure to several organic contaminants may occur via contact with soil, surface water, or ground water contamination.

• Research Organization: Michigan Dept. of Public Health, Lansing, MI (USA). Center for Environmental Health Sciences
• OSTI ID: 5310567
• Report Number(s): PB-90-104720/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-)
ALKYLATED AROMATICS
AROMATICS
CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
DOCUMENT TYPES
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE
HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
HYDROCARBONS
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
LAND POLLUTION
LAWS
MATTER
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION LAWS
PROGRESS REPORT
PUBLIC HEALTH
RISK ASSESSMENT
SOLVENTS
SUPERFUND
TOLUENE
VOLATILE MATTER
WASTES
WATER POLLUTION
XYLENES