Public health assessment for public health assessment addendum, Stauffer Chemical Company, Tarpon Springs, Florida, Region 4, CERCLIS number FLD010596013. Final report
From 1947 to 1981, the Stauffer Chemical Company in Tarpon Springs, Florida, made elemental phosphorus from phosphate ore. Residents in the area expressed concern about possible adverse health effects resulting from exposure to radium and heavy metals leaching from phosphate slag that was used in nearby roads and buildings. Besides radium, other contaminants of concern to residents were arsenic, asbestos, uranium, radon, and ionizing radiation. There is elevated background radiation from natural radium in phosphate slag and aggregate, but exposures are not expected to result in any adverse health outcomes. Phosphate slag contains concentrations of metals above background levels. However, based on current epidemiological and medical information the levels are not likely to represent a public health hazard.
- Research Organization:
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Federal Facilities Assessment Branch, Atlanta, GA (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 698779
- Report Number(s):
- PB-99-160400/XAB; TRN: 92851830
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: DN: See also PB93-223097 and PB98-964023.; PBD: 6 Aug 1999
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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