Health assessment for Fischer and Porter National Priorities List (NPL) Site, Warminster, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Region 3. CERCLIS No. PAD002345817. Preliminary report
The Fischer and Porter (F P) National Priorities List Site is located in Warminster, Buck County, Pennsylvania. The F P facility has been operating on the Warminster property since 1947. Flow meters are manufactured at the facility. No soil, air, or surface water monitoring has been conducted at the site or off-site even though spills and dumping are suspected as possible causes for the groundwater contamination. In 1979 and 1980, levels as high as 87,000 ppb trichloroethylene (TCE) and 26,000 ppb tetrachloroethylene (TCE) were detected in on-site groundwater. The site is of potential public health concern because of the risk to human health caused by human exposure to hazardous substances at levels that may result in adverse health effects. Human exposure to TCE and PCE may be currently occurring and may have occurred in the past via ingestion of, inhalation of, and dermal contact with contaminated groundwater. Exposure to TCE and PCE may be occurring through ingestion of, inhalation of, and dermal contact with contaminated surface water and soils; inhalation of contaminated air; and ingestion of contaminated biota. The lack of monitoring data for these media does not allow for a complete public health implication evaluation at this time.
- Research Organization:
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 7244701
- Report Number(s):
- PB-90-144346/XAB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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