Health assessment for Yakima Plating Company Site, Yakima, Washington, Region 10. CERCLIS No. WAD040187890. Preliminary report
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:6876029
The Yakima Plating Company site is an active electroplating facility located in Yakima, Washington. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed that the site be included on the National Priorities List, Update 7. The company has discharged waste water resulting from the electroplating processes to an on-site drainfield since 1962. Groundwater underlying the site is contaminated with several metals, including lead, chromium, and nickel. The surface soil is contaminated with chromium, nickel, 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis-(p-chlorophenyl)ethane (DDT), and 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethylene (DDE). The site is considered to be of potential public health concern because humans may be exposed to hazardous substances via inhalation, ingestion, and dermal absorption of site-related contaminants.
- Research Organization:
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6876029
- Report Number(s):
- PB-90-244070/XAB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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.
AIR POLLUTION
CHEMICAL SPILLS
CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
CHROMIUM
CONTAMINATION
DEPOSITION
DOCUMENT TYPES
ELECTRODEPOSITION
ELECTROLYSIS
ELECTROPLATING
ELEMENTS
FEDERAL REGION X
FOOD CHAINS
GROUND WATER
HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
LAND POLLUTION
LAWS
LEAD
LIQUID WASTES
LYSIS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
METALS
NICKEL
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLATING
POLLUTION
POLLUTION LAWS
PROGRESS REPORT
PUBLIC HEALTH
RISK ASSESSMENT
SITE SURVEYS
SOILS
SUPERFUND
SURFACE COATING
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
USA
WASHINGTON
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE WATER
WASTES
WATER
WATER POLLUTION
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.
AIR POLLUTION
CHEMICAL SPILLS
CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
CHROMIUM
CONTAMINATION
DEPOSITION
DOCUMENT TYPES
ELECTRODEPOSITION
ELECTROLYSIS
ELECTROPLATING
ELEMENTS
FEDERAL REGION X
FOOD CHAINS
GROUND WATER
HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
LAND POLLUTION
LAWS
LEAD
LIQUID WASTES
LYSIS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
METALS
NICKEL
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLATING
POLLUTION
POLLUTION LAWS
PROGRESS REPORT
PUBLIC HEALTH
RISK ASSESSMENT
SITE SURVEYS
SOILS
SUPERFUND
SURFACE COATING
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
USA
WASHINGTON
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE WATER
WASTES
WATER
WATER POLLUTION