Health assessment for US Nameplate Company, Mt. Vernon, Iowa, Region 7. CERCLIS No. IAD054758958. Preliminary report

Technical Report · Fri Jun 08 04:00:00 EDT 1990

OSTI ID:6876177

The U.S. Nameplate Company site is listed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) on the National Priorities List (NPL). U.S. Nameplate Company, Inc. manufactures nameplates by etching aluminum, brass, and stainless steel. Liquid wastes from the manufacturing processes are acidic and contain chromium, copper, fluoride, hydrochloric acid, hydrofluoric acid, and zinc. USEPA performed a sampling inspection at the site in July-August 1985 and August 1986. In July-August 1985 twenty lagoon sludge samples, three lagoon surface water samples, and three groundwater samples were collected and analyzed for total metals, volatile organics, fluorides, cyanides and chromium VI. The detection limit was 500 microg/l for lead and 50 microg/l for cadmium. The potential environmental pathways of concern are groundwater, soil, sediment, surface water, and air. The site is of potential public health concern because of the potential risk to human health resulting from the possible exposure to hazardous substances via ingestion, inhalation, and dermal contact of groundwater, soil, and surface water.

• Research Organization: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6876177
• Report Number(s): PB-90-241977/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
CADMIUM
CHROMIUM
COMPLIANCE
CONTAMINATION
COPPER
CYANIDES
DOCUMENT TYPES
ELEMENTS
FEDERAL REGION VII
FLUORIDES
FLUORINE COMPOUNDS
GROUND WATER
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HYDROCHLORIC ACID
HYDROFLUORIC ACID
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
INORGANIC ACIDS
IOWA
LAND POLLUTION
LAWS
LEAD
LIQUID WASTES
MATERIALS
MATTER
METALS
MONITORING
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION LAWS
POLLUTION REGULATIONS
PONDS
PROGRESS REPORT
PUBLIC HEALTH
RECOMMENDATIONS
REGULATIONS
REMEDIAL ACTION
RISK ASSESSMENT
SEDIMENTS
SITE SURVEYS
SOILS
STANDARDS
SUPERFUND
SURFACE WATERS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
USA
VOLATILE MATTER
WASTES
WATER
WATER POLLUTION
ZINC