Health assessment for Hewlett-Packard, Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California, Region 9. CERCLIS No. CAD009122532. Preliminary report

Technical Report · Mon Dec 05 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:6000434

The Hewlett-Packard, Palo Alto, site is listed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the National Priorities List (NPL). The site is a gasoline station owned by the Hewlett-Packard Corporation which had five underground storage tanks. By approximately 1985, the principally responsible party voluntarily removed the tanks. A plume of hazardous chemicals has been detected in groundwater beneath this area and is believed to be associated with the former underground tanks. The environmental pathway of concern is migration of contaminated groundwater. The human exposure pathways of concern are potential ingestion and dermal contact with contaminated groundwater, and inhalation of the volatile components of the contamination from domestic uses such as cooking, showering, and bathing. Based on the available information, the site is considered to be of potential public health concern because of the risk to human health caused by the possibility of exposure to hazardous substances via contaminated groundwater.

• Research Organization: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA (United States)
• OSTI ID: 6000434
• Report Number(s): PB-92-109313/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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