Health assessment for Tyson's Dump, Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Region 3. CERCLIS No. PAD980692024. Final report
Tyson's Dump National Priorities List (NPL) site is an abandoned septic and chemical waste disposal site located within an old sandstone quarry. Several unlined lagoons were formerly used to store various industrial, municipal, and chemical wastes. Previous waste disposal operations have resulted in contamination of soil, groundwater, sediment, and surface water with numerous organic compounds. The site is located near the Schuylkill River which is used as the water source for 3 downstream public water systems. Trace amounts (less than one part per billion (ppb)) of 1,2,3-trichloropropane (TCP) have been detected at the raw water intakes of these plants. However, these low concentrations of TCP would not be expected to pose a significant health concern. High concentrations of contaminants remain in on-site surface and subsurface soils and pose a potential health concern. The site is of potential public 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. As noted in Human Exposure Pathways Section below, human exposure to the contaminants may occur via ingestion, inhalation, and dermal contact with surface water, groundwater, soil, and sediment. No follow-up health study is indicated at the time.
- Research Organization:
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 5935473
- Report Number(s):
- PB-92-111012/XAB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ABANDONED SITES
CHEMICAL WASTES
CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
CONTAMINATION
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
FEDERAL REGION III
GROUND WATER
HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
INHALATION
INTAKE
LAND POLLUTION
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MONITORING
MUNICIPAL WASTES
NONRADIOACTIVE WASTES
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PENNSYLVANIA
POLLUTION
PUBLIC HEALTH
RISK ASSESSMENT
SEDIMENTS
SOILS
SURFACE WATERS
USA
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER
WATER POLLUTION