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PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT

METACHEM PRODUCTS, LLC
(a/k/a STANDARD CHLORINE OF DELAWARE, INCORPORATED)
NEW CASTLE, NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DELAWARE
EPA FACILITY ID: DED041212473 Exiting ATSDR Website

September 22, 2003

Prepared by:

Division of Health Assessment and Consultation
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry


TABLE OF CONTENTS

PURPOSE

BACKGROUND

DISCUSSION

PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS

CONCLUSIONS

RECOMMENDATIONS AND PUBLIC HEALTH ACTION PLAN

PREPARERS OF REPORT

REFERENCES

APPENDIX A: FIGURES

APPENDIX B: FISH CONSUMPTION ADVISORIES

APPENDIX C: RESPONSE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS


LIST OF TABLES

Table 1朎xposure Pathways at the Metachem Site

Table 2朣ite Pollutant Emissions in 1996

Table 3�96 Statewide Peak Ozone Season Daily Emissions

Table 4�99 Toxics Release Inventory for Delaware

Table 5朅ir Toxics Summary Data

Table 6�02 Air Toxics Summary Data from the MLK-Wilmington, the Ball Field in Delaware City, and Lums Pond Monitoring Stations

Table 7朆attelle Delaware Air Study for EPA in 1989

Table 8朤otal Chlorinated Benzene Concentrations in Surface Soil and Sediment

Table 9朎PA 2002 and 2003 Dioxin and PCB Data

Table 10朌ioxin Toxicity Equivalents (TEQ) in Chlorobenzene Products

Table 11朣ummary of Red Lion Creek Fish Tissue Analyses in 2000-2001

Table 12朚etachem Chemicals


LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1朑IS Demographic Map

Figure 2朣pills in 1981 and 1986

Figure 3朩ilmington Air Toxics Concentrations朅nnual Averages

Figure 4朑roundwater Contamination Plume

Figure 5朅erial Photograph of Metachem Products, LLC and OxyChem Ball Field

Figure 6朇ancer Incidence Rates for 1980-1998

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