PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT

EAGLE-PICHER INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED/
BUNTING BEARINGS CORPORATION
(a/k/a EAGLE PICHER)
DELTA, FULTON COUNTY, OHIO
EPA FACILITY ID: OH0001095892

March 15, 2001

Prepared by:

Ohio Department of Health
Health Assessment Section
Bureau of Environmental Health & Toxicology
Under Cooperative Agreement with the
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SUMMARY

I. PURPOSE AND HEALTH ISSUES

II. BACKGROUND

(A) Description of Facility and Surrounding Residential Areas
(B) Facility History

III. NATURE AND EXTENT OF CONTAMINATION

(A) Initial Ohio EPA Investigations
(B) 1998 EE/CA Investigation
(C) Lead Levels in Residential Areas

IV. PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS AND DEMOGRAPHICS

(A) Population of Concern
(B) Community Health Concerns

V. DISCUSSION OF THE ISSUES

(A) Exposure Pathways
(B) Past Exposures
(C) Current Exposures
1) Potential Completed Exposure Pathways
2) Lead Toxicity and Children
3) 1998 Blood-Lead Screening of Area Children
4) Results

VI. CHILDREN'S HEALTH INITIATIVE

VII. PUBLIC COMMENTS

VIII. CONCLUSIONS

IX. RECOMMENDATIONS

X. PUBLIC HEALTH ACTION PLAN

XI. PREPARERS OF REPORT

XII. REFERENCES

XIII. TABLES, FIGURES, AND APPENDIX A

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