PRELIMINARY PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT

CHEMICAL INSECTICIDE CORPORATION
EDISON TOWNSHIP, MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY
EPA FACILITY ID: NJD980484653

June 8, 1992

Prepared by:

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

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. SUMMARY

II. BACKGROUND

A. SITE DESCRIPTION AND HISTORY
B. SITE VISIT
C. DEMOGRAPHICS, LAND USE, AND NATURAL RESOURCE USE
D. HEALTH OUTCOME DATA

III. COMMUNITY HEALTH CONCERNS

IV. ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND OTHER HAZARDS

A. ON-SITE CONTAMINATION


Surface and Subsurface Soils
Surface Water
Sediments
Ground water
Air
Residual Structures


B. OFF-SITE CONTAMINATION


Surface and Subsurface Soils
Surface Water
Sediments
Ground Water
Air


C. QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY CONTROL

D. PHYSICAL AND OTHER HAZARDS

V. PATHWAYS ANALYSIS

A. COMPLETED EXPOSURE PATHWAYS

B. POTENTIAL EXPOSURE PATHWAYS

VI. PUBLIC HEALTH IMPLICATIONS

A. TOXICOLOGICAL EVALUATION

B. HEALTH OUTCOME DATA EVALUATION

C. COMMUNITY HEALTH CONCERNS EVALUATION

VII. CONCLUSIONS

VIII. RECOMMENDATIONS

IX. PUBLIC HEALTH ACTIONS

X. CERTIFICATION

XI. PREPARERS OF REPORT

XII. REFERENCES

XIII. APPENDICES

APPENDIX 1: TABLES


Table 1. On-Site Surface Soil Contamination
Table 2. On-Site/Off-Site Soil Boring Contamination
Table 3. On-Site/Off-Site Surface-water Contamination
Table 4. On-Site/Off-Site Sediment Contamination
Table 5. On-Site/Off-Site Groundwater Contamination
Table 6. On-Site Air Contamination
Table 7. Residual Structure Contamination


APPENDIX 2: FIGURES


Figure 1. Site Location Map
Figure 2. Detailed Site Location Map
Figure 3. Current On-Site Conditions
Figure 4. Mill Brook Watershed Map


APPENDIX 3: RESPONSIVENESS SUMMARY

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