PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT
RAYMARK INDUSTRIES
STRATFORD, FAIRFIELD COUNTY, CONNECTICUT
CERCLIS NO. CTD001186618
September 25, 1996
Prepared by
Connecticut Department of Public Health
Under Cooperative Agreement with the
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
TABLE OF CONTENTS
A. SITE DESCRIPTION AND HISTORY
- Raymark Industries, Inc.
Off-Site Locations
Additional Site Investigations
ATSDR Involvement
Agency Coordination
B. PUBLIC HEALTH ACTIONS TAKEN DURING HEALTH ASSESSMENT PROCESS
- Interim Actions and Permanent Remedies Taken at Priority Areas
Additional Sites
Residential Properties
Fish Advisory
Voluntary Blood Lead Clinics
Clinical Evaluation of Stratford Residents
Clinical Evaluation of Public Works Employees
Follow-up Study of Birth Weight and Selected Cancer Incidence Using
Geographic Information System Technology
Enhanced Site Evaluations Using Geographic Information Systems
C. DEMOGRAPHICS, LAND USE AND NATURAL RESOURCES USE
E. RESPONDING TO COMMUNITY HEALTH CONCERNS
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND OTHER HAZARDS
A. ON-SITE CONTAMINATION/RAYMARK FACILITY
C. QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY CONTROL
- Residents Living in Homes Where Surface Soil was Found to be Contaminated
Public Works Employees
Children, Faculty and Staff at Wooster Junior High School
Members of Housatonic Boat Club
Anglers
Team Members that Played on Raybestos Memorial Field
Workers/Spada and Morgan Francis Area
Stratford Residents
Workers at the Raymark Facility
- Workers at the Raymark Facility
Residents Living Near the Raymark Facility
Trespassers at the Raymark Facility
Utility Workers
B. HEALTH OUTCOME DATA EVALUATION
LIST OF APPENDICES
APPENDIX A Site Map
APPENDIX B ATSDR Public Health Advisory, May 1993
APPENDIX C Interagency Communication Plan
APPENDIX D GIS Maps
APPENDIX E Health Consultation-Fish, Subsistence Fishing Memo
APPENDIX F Health Consultation-Private Well Survey
APPENDIX G Citizen Question and Answers
APPENDIX H Fact Sheets Neighborhood Forums
APPENDIX I Stratford Environmental Updates
APPENDIX J Public Health Code/Private Wells
APPENDIX K Health Consultation-Blood Lead Screening
APPENDIX L Health Consultation-Cancer Incidence
APPENDIX M Memo-Birth Defects
APPENDIX N Response to Public Comment
