Public health assessment for Michigan Disposal Service (Cork Street Landfill), Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Region 5. CERCLIS No. MID000775957. Final report

Technical Report · Tue Oct 19 04:00:00 EDT 1993

OSTI ID:5710477

The Michigan Disposal Service (Cork Street Landfill) site was listed on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) National Priorities List (NPL) in February 1990. The site is a 68-acre landfill, which served as an open dump, accepting household and industrial waste from 1925 to 1968. An incinerator also operated on the site for many years during this period. The groundwater at the site has been found to be contaminated with metals, including lead and arsenic, and various volatile organic chemicals, including benzene. The site poses an indeterminate public health hazard. There are several pathways by which people may be exposed to the contaminants, but there is no evidence that significant exposure has occurred.

• Research Organization: Michigan Dept. of Public Health, Lansing, MI (United States)
• OSTI ID: 5710477
• Report Number(s): PB-94-112356/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540250* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Site Resource & Use Studies-- (1990-)
AROMATICS
ARSENIC
BENZENE
CONTAMINATION
CORK
DATA PROCESSING
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DISPERSIONS
ELEMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE PATHWAY
GROUND WATER
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INCINERATORS
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
LAWS
LEACHATES
MANAGEMENT
MATTER
METALS
MICHIGAN
MIXTURES
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION LAWS
PROCESSING
PUBLIC HEALTH
RESIDENTIAL SECTOR
RISK ASSESSMENT
SANITARY LANDFILLS
SEMIMETALS
SOILS
SOLUTIONS
SURFACE WATERS
TASK SCHEDULING
US EPA
US NATIONAL PROGRAM PLANS
US ORGANIZATIONS
US SUPERFUND
USA
VOLATILE MATTER
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER
WATER POLLUTION