Health assessment for Standard Chlorine of Delaware, Delaware City, Delaware, Region 3. CERCLIS No. DED041212473. Preliminary report

Technical Report · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:7244764

The Standard Chlorine of Delaware Site (SCD) is located in Delaware City (New Castle County), Delaware. Two spills occurred at the site in 1981 and 1986 and impacted area groundwater. Preliminary groundwater sampling results from on-site monitoring wells have identified benzene, monochlorobenzene, orthodichlorobenzene, paradichlorobenzene, and 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene. No further sampling information was provided. The site is of potential public health concern because of the risk to human health resulting from possible exposure to hazardous substances at a concentration that may result in adverse health effects. SCD poses a potential public health threat to on-site employees and/or remedial workers through direct contact of soil. In addition, area residents that use area surface waters for swimming and fishing may be at increased risk of possible adverse health risks through direct contact and ingestion of fish that bioaccumulate site related contaminants.

• Research Organization: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7244764
• Report Number(s): PB-90-144379/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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