Health assessment for Defense General Supply Center, Richmond, Chesterfield County, Virginia, Region 3. CERCLIS No. VA3971520751. Preliminary report

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

OSTI ID:6984184

The Defense General Supply Center site is part of the Department of Defense. The site is used for storage of bulk drummed chemicals, recovery of chemicals, reclamation of drums and vehicle maintenance activities. It also contains a landfill which received construction debris and damaged containers of chemicals. The environmental contamination on-site includes trichloroethylene, perchloroethylene, fluoranthene, naphthalene, benzo(a)pyrene, chlordane, anthracene, 1,4-dichlorobenzene, dibenzofuran, iron, manganese, barium, lead, arsenic, and chromium in soil and water. 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 and possibly contaminated fish.

• Research Organization: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6984184
• Report Number(s): PB-90-144460/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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