Health assessment for Fort Lewis Logistics Center, Fort Lewis, Washington, Region 10. CERCLIS No. WA7210090067. Final report
Fort Lewis is located in Pierce and Thurston Counties, Washington, on the eastern shore of the southern part of Puget Sound. Groundwater and soil sampling at the Logistics Center has shown volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and heavy metals contamination of the unconfined aquifer beneath and northwest (downgradient) of the Logistics Center. The presence of VOCs in soils at the Logistics Center overlying the unconfined aquifer presents the additional exposure potential if migration of these contaminants through the soil into the aquifer occurs. If the disconnected but functional private wells are used for drinking, bathing, and cooking water, potential exposure could occur through ingestion, dermal absorption, and inhalation.
- Research Organization:
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 5942334
- Report Number(s):
- PB-93-221562/XAB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
ABSORPTION
AQUIFERS
AROMATICS
CONTAMINATION
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ELEMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE PATHWAY
GROUND WATER
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INGESTION
INHALATION
INTAKE
METALS
MILITARY FACILITIES
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PACIFIC OCEAN
POLLUTION
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUGET SOUND
RISK ASSESSMENT
SAMPLING
SEAS
SOILS
SORPTION
SURFACE WATERS
TOXICITY
TRACE AMOUNTS
USA
WASHINGTON
WATER
WATER POLLUTION
WATER WELLS
WELLS