Health assessment for Atlantic Wood Industries, Inc. , Portsmouth, Portsmouth County, Virginia, Region 3. CERCLIS No. VAD990710410. Preliminary report

Technical Report · Fri Dec 02 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:6001950

The Atlantic Wood Industries, Inc., site is listed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the National Priorities List (NPL). The 50-acre site is the location of a wood processing plant which used pentachlorophenol and creosote in its process. The environmental contamination on-site consists of naphthalene (46 ppm), phenol (3.1 ppm), phenanthrene (316 ppm), and pentachlorophenol (13 ppm) in groundwater; and pentachlorophenol (15,000 ppm), phenanthrene (56,000 ppm), naphthalene (1,450 ppm), and phenol (5.1 ppm) in soil. The environmental pathways of concern are contaminated surface water, soil, sediment, and air. Off-site groundwater may be contaminated also, which indirectly may impact human populations. The human exposure pathways of concern are ingestion and dermal contact with surface water, soil, and sediment; and inhalation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Based on the available information, this 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 surface water, soil, sediment, and air.

• Research Organization: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA (United States)
• OSTI ID: 6001950
• Report Number(s): PB-92-109321/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540120* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
540220 -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
540320 -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
560300 -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AROMATICS
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
CONDENSED AROMATICS
CONTAMINATION
CREOSOTE
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE PATHWAY
FEDERAL REGION III
GROUND WATER
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
INHALATION
INTAKE
LAWS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MONITORING
NAPHTHALENE
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHENANTHRENE
PHENOLS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION LAWS
PUBLIC HEALTH
REMEDIAL ACTION
RISK ASSESSMENT
SEDIMENTS
SOILS
SURFACE WATERS
US SUPERFUND
USA
VIRGINIA
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WATER