Health assessment for Douglassville Disposal Site, Douglassville, Berks County, Union Township, Pennsylvania, Region 3. CERCLIS No. PAD002384865. Preliminary report

Technical Report · Mon Apr 17 04:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:7106040

The Douglassville Disposal site is on the National Priorities List. Between the years 1941 and 1986, a waste oil recycling (1941-1986) and waste oil refining (1979-1986) operation was conducted on the site. Contamination on-site consists of lead, arsenic, barium, cadmium, chromium, benzene, toluene, xylenes, antimony, cobalt, manganese, nickel, 1,1-dichloroethane, 1-2-dichloroethane, tetrachloroethene, trichloroethene, vinyl chloride, trans-1,2-dichloroethene, non-carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), carcinogenic PAHs, and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Contamination off-site consists of lead in water from several domestic drinking water wells, copper, and nickel. The site is of public health concern because of the risk to human health resulting from probable exposure to hazardous substances at concentrations that may result in adverse human health effects and the physical hazards associated with the site. Human exposure to lead, PCBs, PAHs, and other site contaminants may occur by contact with on-site soils and sediments, by ingestion of contaminated groundwater, or by the consumption of contaminated biota.

• Research Organization: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7106040
• Report Number(s): PB-90-144304/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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