Health assessment for the Transicoil, Inc. (Zone 12) North Penn Area Site, Worchester, Pennsylvania, Region 3. CERCLIS No. PAD057152365. Preliminary report

Technical Report · Thu Sep 29 04:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:7244874

The Transicoil Inc. (Zone 12) North Penn Area Site consists of a manufacturing site for DC and synchro electric motors for commercial and defense uses. An on-site underground storage tank was used for waste oil and hazardous substances. On-site cesspools were used for sanitary waste disposal. Identified contaminants of concern to data include trichloroethylene (TCE), 1,1,1-trichloroethane, tetrachloroethylene (PCE), cis-1,2-dichloroethylene, 1,1-dichloroethane, and 1,1-dichloroethylene in well water and TCE, PCE, and 1,1,1-trichloroethane in soil. The site is considered to be of potential public health concern because of the risk to human health caused by the possibility of exposure to hazardous substances via ingestion of contaminated groundwater, surface water, or other materials or of plants or animals which have accumulated contaminants from the site; contaminated soil ingestion by children; inhalation of compounds volatilized from contaminated groundwater during household uses, of contaminants volatilized from the site, or of contaminants carried in reentrained dust; and dermal contact with contaminated groundwater, surface water, soil, or other materials.

• Research Organization: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7244874
• Report Number(s): PB-90-144668/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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