Public health assessment for Waste Inc. Landfill, Michigan City, La Porte County, Indiana, Region 5. Cerclis No. IND980504005. Final report

Technical Report · Tue Sep 06 04:00:00 EDT 1994

OSTI ID:7142024

Waste Inc. is a former landfill in Michigan City, LaPorte County, Indiana. The site accepted waste from varying sources including industry, residences, restaurants, and hospitals. The site is classified as a public health hazard because evidence exists that individuals are eating fish from Trail Creek which could be contaminated by chemicals which may include site related chemicals, i.e. PCB and mercury. Exposure by ingestion of mercury and PCBs for greater than 1 year could cause adverse health effects. There is an indeterminate health hazard for individuals exposed to contaminated surface soil, primarily due to the lack of sampling data for this environmental media.

• Research Organization: Indiana State Dept. of Health, Indianapolis, IN (United States)
• OSTI ID: 7142024
• Report Number(s): PB-94-216850/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540250* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Site Resource & Use Studies-- (1990-)
AROMATICS
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
CONTAMINATION
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE PATHWAY
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS
PUBLIC HEALTH
RISK ASSESSMENT
SOILS