Health assessment for Perham Arsenic National Priorities List (NPL) Site, Perham, Minnesota, Region 5. CERCLIS No. MND980609572. Final report

Technical Report · Mon Apr 17 00:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:5317661

The Perham Arsenic National Priorities List Site is located in the City of Perham, Minnesota. Arsenic located in a burial pit has contaminated the ground water and soil at the site. The human exposure pathways associated with ground water are ingestion and dermal contact. Ingestion of the contaminated ground water would pose a potential health concern. Ground-water monitoring will continue after remediation until the arsenic levels are below the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's drinking-water standards. Remedial activities may have exposed workers to highly contaminated soils and, possibly, arsine gas. Human exposure pathways for these workers were incidental contaminated soil ingestion, inhalation of arsine gas or vaporous arsenic compounds, and dermal absorption of arsenic compounds if proper protective equipment was not used. Regular employees working at the site may be exposed to arsine gas or arsenic-contaminated fugitive dusts.

• Research Organization: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5317661
• Report Number(s): PB-90-107384/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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