Health assessment for Syosset Landfill, Nassau County, Syosset, New York, Region 2. CERCLIS No. NYD000511360. Preliminary report
The Syosset Landfill, located in the Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York is approximately forty-four acres in size. From 1936 to 1974 the landfill received mixed municipal refuse, cesspool pump-out wastes, and industrial wastes. Ground water on-site is contaminated with organic and inorganic compounds including elevated levels of heavy metals (lead, arsenic, chromium and cadmium) reflective of industrial-waste disposal. A public water-supply well near the landfill was closed in 1974 due to problems allegedly resulting from the leachate plume emanating from the landfill. Due to the high permeability of soils contaminant migration through ground water can be rapid. Gas vents at the landfill side of the border contained low levels of vinyl chloride, trans-1,2-dichloroethene, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, trichloroethene and tetrachloroethene. Higher levels of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylenes were also detected. A review of data indicates the most-probable pathways of exposure to contaminants originating at the landfill would be from inhalation of migrating gas and use of contaminated ground water.
- Research Organization:
- New York State Dept. of Health, Albany, NY (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 7255681
- Report Number(s):
- PB-90-140088/XAB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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