Health assessment for G H Landfill National Priorities List (NPL) Site, Macomb County, Michigan, Region 5. CERCLIS No. MID980410823. Final report
The G H Landfill National Priorities List site is located in Macomb County, Michigan, near the Town of Utica. The landfill initially operated as a waste-oil reclamation facility. Later, the facility operated as a municipal-waste landfill until its closure in 1973. Releases from the landfill have contaminated surface water, sediments, and soils with aromatic hydrocarbons, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and other organic and inorganic chemicals. Elevated concentrations of PCBs and other chemicals were detected in wild animals from south of the landfill and in fish from the Clinton River. The site is of potential health concern because of the risk to human health resulting from possible exposure to hazardous substances at concentrations that may result in adverse health effects. Exposure pathways of potential health concern include the use of contaminated ground water for potable and non-potable purposes and the consumption of contaminated wild animals and fish from the Clinton River area.
- Research Organization:
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5317740
- Report Number(s):
- PB-90-107731/XAB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
DOCUMENT TYPES
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE
FOOD CHAINS
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