PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT

HUNTINGTON LANDFILL
(a/k/a HUNTINGTON TOWN LANDFILL)
HUNTINGTON, SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK
EPA FACILITY ID: NYD980506844

September 25, 2002

Prepared by:

New York State Department of Health
Under a Cooperative Agreement with the
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SUMMARY

BACKGROUND

A. Site Description and History
B. Public Health Actions Implemented
C. Site Visit
D. Demographics, Land Use, and Natural Resource Use
E. Health Outcome Data

COMMUNITY HEALTH CONCERNS

ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND OTHER HAZARDS

A. On-site Contamination
B. Off-site Contamination
C. Quality Assurance and Quality Control
D. Physical and Other Hazards
E. Toxic Chemical Release Inventory (TRI)

PATHWAYS ANALYSES

A. Completed Exposure Pathways
B. Potential Exposure Pathways
C. Eliminated Exposure Pathways

PUBLIC HEALTH IMPLICATIONS

A. Toxicological and Epidemiological Evaluation
B. ATSDR Child Health Initiative
C. Health Outcome Data Evaluation
D. Community Health Concerns Evaluation

CONCLUSIONS

RECOMMENDATIONS

PUBLIC HEALTH ACTION PLAN (PHAP)

PREPARERS OF REPORT

CERTIFICATION

REFERENCES

APPENDIX A: FIGURES

APPENDIX B: TABLES

APPENDIX C: PROCEDURE FOR EVALUATING POTENTIAL HEALTH RISKS FOR CONTAMINANTS OF CONCERN

APPENDIX D: ATSDR PUBLIC HEALTH HAZARD CATEGORIES

APPENDIX E: 1991 CANCER STUDY

APPENDIX F: RESPONSE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS

APPENDIX G: ATSDR GLOSSARY

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