PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT
EAGLE-PICHER INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED/
BUNTING BEARINGS CORPORATION
(a/k/a EAGLE PICHER)
DELTA, FULTON COUNTY, OHIO
TABLE 1. LEAD LEVELS IN OFF-SITE SURFACE SOILS USING XRF SCREENING, EAGLE-PICHER INDUSTRIES, INC/BUNTING BEARINGS CORP. FACILITY, OCTOBER, 1998
| Location | Number of Samples | Range of Lead Detects (ppm) | Detects >1,000 ppm | Detects 400<n<1,000 ppm | Detects <400 ppm |
| Mobile Home Park (north) | 68 | ND - 6,807 | 5 | 11 | 52 |
| Palmwood to Main (south) | 55 | ND - 985 | - | 10 | 45 |
| Van Buren (west) | 8 | 43 - 158 | - | - | 8 |
| Jackson Street (east) | 18 | ND - 969 | - | 2 | 16 |
ND =Contaminant not detected
- =No samples fell into this category
TABLE 2. RESULTS OF OCTOBER, 1998 BLOOD-LEAD SCREENING DELTA,
FULTON COUNTY, OHIO
| Address | Number of Children Tested | Range of Children's Ages | Range of Blood-Lead Levels detects (ug/dL) | Mean Blood-Lead Level (ug/dL) |
| Jackson Street | 2 | 7,9 | 2 - 4 | 3 |
| Linwood Street | 9 | 2-8 | <2 - 6 | 3.5 |
| Maplewood Street | 2 | 2,5 | 4 - 7 | 5.5 |
| Palmwood Street | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Van Buren Street | none | - | - | - |
| In Village, outside study area (babysitter on Jackson Street) | 3 | 6-10 | 2-3 | 2.33 |
| In Village, outside study area | 3 | 3-5 | <2 - 6 | 3.66 |
| Outside the Village (spend summers in Delta) | 3 | 1-8 | <2 - 6 | 2.66 |
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Figure 2. Site Map - Bunting Bearing Corp.
Figure 3. Lead Detects in Off-Site Soils
This Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc./Bunting Bearings Corp. Public Health Assessment was prepared by the Ohio Department of Health under a cooperative agreement with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). It is in accordance with approved methodology and procedures existing at the time the public health assessment was begun.
Alan W. Yarbrough
Technical Project Officer, SPS, SSAB, DHAC, ATSDR
The Division of Health Assessment and Consultation, ATSDR, has reviewed this public health assessment and concurs with the findings.
Richard Gillig
Chief, State Program Section, SSAB, DHAC, ATSDR
(Material included in the packet handed out to Delta residents)
Appendix A was not available in electronic format for conversion to HTML at the time of preparation of this document. To obtain a hard copy of the document, please contact:
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Division of Health Assessment and Consultation
Attn: Chief, Program Evaluation, Records, and Information Services Branch E-56
1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30333
