PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT
DEPUE/NEW JERSEY ZINC/MOBIL CHEMICAL CORPORATION
DEPUE, BUREAU COUNTY, ILLINOIS
CERCLIS NO. ILD062340641
December 17, 1999
Prepared by:
Illinois Department of Public Health
Under Cooperative Agreement with the
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND OTHER HAZARDS
The following acronyms are used in this health assessment:
| ATSDR = | Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
| CEMEG = | Chronic EMEG, for exposures longer than one year |
| CREG = | Cancer Risk Evaluation Guide |
| EMEG = | Environmental Media Evaluation Guide |
| IDPH = | Illinois Department of Public Health |
| IDNR = | Illinois Department of Natural Resources |
| IEMEG = | Intermediate EMEG, for exposures less than one year |
| ISGS = | Illinois State Geological Survey |
| LTHA = | Lifetime Health Advisory, for drinking water |
| LUST = | Leaking Underground Storage Tank |
| MCL = | Maximum Contaminant Level, for drinking water |
| mg/kg/day = | milligrams of chemical per kilogram of body weight per day |
| MRL = | Minimum Risk Level |
| MS = | multiple sclerosis |
| OSHA = | Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| ppb = | parts per billion |
| ppm = | parts per million |
| RfD = | Reference Dose |
| RI = | remedial investigation |
| RMEG = | Reference Dose Media Evaluation Guide |
| µg/dL = | micrograms per deciliter |
| USEPA = | United States Environmental Protection Agency |
| USFDA = | United States Food and Drug Administration |
