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ATSDR MEDIA
ANNOUNCEMENT
ATSDR releases final health consultation
for the
International Minerals and Chemical and Arkwright Dump
sites in Spartanburg, South Carolina
For Immediate Release: October 4, 2002
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region IV office asked ATSDR to review and evaluate analytical data acquired by Boston Chemical Data Corp. for contaminants near the IMC and Arkwright Dump sites in Spartanburg, and to address possible health effects from the contaminants on people living near the sites.
The health consultation reviews and evaluates available analytical data collected on March 22 through June 19, 2001, by Boston Chemical Data Corp., under contract to the community group ReGenesis. Evaluated samples were collected from off-site surface soil, sediments and home dust. The samples were analyzed for metals, dioxin and some soil nutrients.
On the basis of its review and evaluation of the data provided by Boston Chemical Data Corp., ATSDR concludes:
As outlined in the health consultation, because of the limitations and gaps in the environmental data ATSDR has categorized this site as an "indeterminate public health hazard" until sufficient data becomes available. In the final health consultation, ATSDR recommends more complete site characterizations and evaluations using comprehensive approaches supported by appropriate federal and local health agencies as well as potentially responsible parties and individual homeowners.
Copies of ATSDR's final public health consultation on the IMC and Arkwright Dump sites are available for review at the following repository:
Spartanburg County
Public Library
Attn: Pat Brown, Business Reference Librarian
151 S. Church St.
Spartanburg
Community members seeking information on the procedures or the content of this health consultation should contact ATSDR Environmental Health Scientist Jane Zhu, toll-free, at 1-888-42-ATSDR (1-888-422-8737). Callers should refer to the "International Minerals and Chemical and Arkwright Dump sites." ATSDR Regional Representative Benjamin Moore also may be called for information in Atlanta at 1-800-241-1754, ext. 21784.
An ATSDR health consultation provides conclusions and recommendations on specific public health issues related to actual or potential exposure to hazardous substances. ATSDR prepares about 1,000 public health consultations every year. Most requests for health consultations come from EPA, and state and local health and environmental departments.
This page
last updated on October 7, 2002
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