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Health assessment for Woodlands Route 72 Dump, Woodland Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, Region 2. Cerclis No. NJD980505879. Preliminary report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:7003593
The Woodland Route 72 Dump site is on the National Priorities List. The approximately 12-acre site operated during the early 1950s until 1962. Wastes were either buried or burned. The major environmental contamination on-site consists of benzoic acid (64 ppm), dibenzofuran (5.3 ppm), bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (460 ppm), 1,4-dichlorobenzene (3.7 ppm), DDT (1,400 ppm), barium (606 ppm). chromium (1,504 ppm), lead (1,532 ppm), nickel (415 ppm), and mercury (2.3 ppm) in surface waste. 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 ground water and soil.
Research Organization:
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA (USA)
OSTI ID:
7003593
Report Number(s):
PB-90-136201/XAB
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English