Health assessment for Wells G and H Site, Woburn, Massachusetts, Region 1. CERCLIS No. MAD980732168. Final report

Technical Report · Tue Apr 25 04:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:7169090

The National Priority List (NPL) site, Wells G and H, were used from 1964 to 1979 to supplement Woburn drinking water supplies. The ground water extracted from Wells G and H was found to be contaminated with volatile organic compounds in 1979. The predominant ground water contaminants are trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene, trans-1,2-dichloroethylene and 1,1,1-trichloroethane. Ground water and both surface and subsurface soil contamination on-site is extensive and results from: liquid-waste spills on the ground, sludge disposal, buried and surface disposal of 55-gallon drums, and leaking tanks. A potential exists for human exposure to contaminants by: (1) inhalation of fugitive dusts and vapors from surface soils, industrial use of contaminated well water, and migration of vapors from contaminated shallow ground water to the inside of buildings; (2) dermal contact with contaminated surface soils and contaminated industrial well water; and (3) ingestion of fugitive dusts, surface soils, and, possibly, contaminated fish and contaminated industrial well water. Contaminated sediments also pose a potential exposure source should direct contact occur. The site is of public health concern.

• Research Organization: Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health, Boston, MA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7169090
• Report Number(s): PB-90-137993/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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