PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT

OLD SOUTHINGTON LANDFILL
SOUTHINGTON, HARTFORD COUNTY, CONNECTICUT
CERCLIS NO. CTD980670806

March 9, 1995

Prepared by

Connecticut Department of Public Health and Addiction Services
Under a Cooperative Agreement with the
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SUMMARY

BACKGROUND

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

COMMUNITY HEALTH CONCERNS

ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND OTHER HAZARDS

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

PATHWAYS ANALYSES

A. Completed Exposure Pathways
B. Potential Exposure Pathways

PUBLIC HEALTH IMPLICATIONS

A. Toxicology Evaluation
B. Health Outcome Data Evaluation
C. Community Health Concerns Evaluation

CONCLUSIONS

RECOMMENDATIONS

PUBLIC HEALTH ACTION PLAN

PREPARERS OF REPORT

REFERENCES

LIST OF APPENDICES

1. Figure 1-1 SITE LOCATION MAP
Figure 1-2 SITE DIAGRAM

2. AGE SPECIFIC BLADDER CANCER CASES AND INCIDENCE RATES
AGE SPECIFIC TESTICULAR CANCER CASES AND INCIDENCE RATES

3. INFANT MORTALITY RATES
PERINATAL MORTALITY RATES

4. The ATSDR HEALTH CONSULTATION: OLD SOUTHINGTON LANDFILL

5. PUBLIC COMMENTS--RESPONSIVENESS SUMMARY

LIST OF TABLES

1. GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION IN ON-SITE MONITORING WELLS

2. SUBSURFACE SOIL CONTAMINATION ON-SITE

3. RANGE OF METHANE IN INDOOR AIR

4. CONCENTRATION RANGE OF CONTAMINANTS IN OFF-SITE GROUND WATER WELLS

5. GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION OF MUNICIPAL WELL 5

6. CONCENTRATION RANGE OF CONTAMINANTS IN OFF-SITE SURFACE WATER

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