Health assessment for Beulah Sanitary Landfill, Escambia, Florida, Region 4. CERCLIS No. FLD980494660. Preliminary report
The Beulah Landfill proposed National Priorities List (NPL) site is located three miles west of Ensley, Escambia County, Florida. On-site contaminants at probable health concern levels are lead, thallium, chloroform, benzene, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and chlordane. Based on site conditions, the contaminants found on site could readily migrate off site via surface water or ground water. Off-site migration poses a threat to human exposure through ingestion and dermal absorption of contaminated surface water or animals that live in surface water, ground water, or soils. To a lesser extent, contaminants may also migrate off site in air, thereby posing a potential threat to human exposure via inhalation of windblown particles and volatilized contaminants. Based upon information reviewed, it is concluded that this site is of potential public health concern because of the risk to human health from possible exposure to hazardous substances at concentrations that may result in adverse health effects. As noted in the Human Exposure Pathways section, human exposure to chlordane, thallium and PCBs could occur on site via incidental ingestion, inhalation and dermal absorption of the contaminated sludge.
- Research Organization:
- Florida State Dept. of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Tallahassee, FL (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6876104
- Report Number(s):
- PB-90-244823/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.
AIR POLLUTION
AROMATICS
BENZENE
CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
CHLOROFORM
CONTAMINATION
DOCUMENT TYPES
ELEMENTS
FEDERAL REGION IV
FLORIDA
GROUND WATER
HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LAND POLLUTION
LAWS
LEAD
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
METALS
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ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION LAWS
PROGRESS REPORT
PUBLIC HEALTH
RISK ASSESSMENT
SANITARY LANDFILLS
SITE SURVEYS
SOILS
SUPERFUND
SURFACE WATERS
THALLIUM
USA
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WATER
WATER POLLUTION