Health assessment for Somersworth Municipal Landfill Site, Strafford County, Somersworth, New Hampshire, Region 1. CERCLIS No. NHD980520225. Final report

Technical Report · Wed Apr 12 04:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:7168945

The Somersworth Municipal Landfill National Priorities List (NPL) Site is located in a predominantly residential part of central Somersworth, New Hampshire, approximately one mile southwest of downtown Somersworth. On-site soils are contaminated with low levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Groundwater beneath the site is contaminated with low levels of VOCs. The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) has concluded that the Somersworth Landfill Site is of potential public health concern under current conditions because of the potential risk to human health resulting from possible exposure to hazardous substances at concentrations that may result in adverse health effects.

• Research Organization: New Hampshire Dept. of Health and Human Services, Concord, NH (USA). Environmental Health Risk Assessment Unit
• OSTI ID: 7168945
• Report Number(s): PB-90-137829/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AROMATICS
CONTAMINATION
DOCUMENT TYPES
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ELEMENTS
FEDERAL REGION I
GROUND WATER
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LAND POLLUTION
LAWS
MANAGEMENT
MATTER
METALS
MONITORING
MUNICIPAL WASTES
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION LAWS
POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
PROGRESS REPORT
SANITARY LANDFILLS
SOILS
SUPERFUND
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VOLATILE MATTER
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER
WATER POLLUTION