Health assessment for Ventron/Velsicol, Wood-Ridge Borough, Bergen County, New Jersey, Region 2. CERCLIS No. NJD980529879. Preliminary report

Technical Report · Mon Apr 10 04:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:7004268

The Ventron/Velsicol Site (VVS) is on the National Priorities List. The 40-acre site is located in Wood Ridge and Carlstadt Borough (Bergen County), New Jersey. VVS is a former chemical process operation. Preliminary on-site soil-sampling results have identified mercury (2 to 123,000 ppm), lead (92 to 5,710 ppm), cadmium (2 to 78 ppm), nickel (13 to 164 ppm), arsenic (less than 0.5 to 148 ppm), and zinc (42 to 128,454 ppm). In addition, mercury was also identified in surface water (1 to 16 ppm), sediment (147 to 4,480 ppm), and groundwater (1 to 30,890 ppb). The site is considered to be of public health concern because of the risk to human health caused by the likelihood of human exposure to hazardous substances via direct contact and ingestion of soil, sediment, ground water, and surface water.

• Research Organization: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7004268
• Report Number(s): PB-90-137746/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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