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PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT
Evaluation of Exposures in Areas Associated with PAH Contamination
GARDNER-ROUSSEL PARK and DR. NORMAN W. CRISP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
(a/k/a DR. CRISP SCHOOL/GARDNER ROUSSELL PARK)
NASHUA, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE
September 19, 2002
Prepared by:
Bureau of Health Risk Assessment
New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services
Under a Cooperative Agreement with the
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SUMMARY
I. PURPOSE
II. BACKGROUND AND STATEMENT OF ISSUES
III. DISCUSSION
IV. ATSDR CHILD HEALTH INITIATIVE
V. CONCLUSIONS
VII. RECOMMENDATIONS
VII. PUBLIC HEALTH ACTION PLAN
REFERENCES
CERTIFICATION
APPENDICES
APPENDIX A: TABLES
Table 1: Samples from areas of Gardner-Roussel Park not covered with clean soil with at least one PAH above the SQL, Nashua, New Hampshire, November, 2001.
Table 2: Samples from areas of Gardner-Roussel Park covered with clean soil with at least one PAH above the SQL, Nashua, New Hampshire, November 2001.
Table 3: Samples from the grounds of the Dr. Norman W. Crisp Elementary School with at least one PAH above the SQL, Nashua, New Hampshire, November 2001.
Table 4: Samples from areas of Gardner-Roussel Park not covered with clean soil with levels of cPAHs above the SQL Nashua, New Hampshire, November 2001.
Table 5: Samples from areas of Gardner-Roussel Park covered with clean soil with levels of cPAHs above the SQL Nashua, New Hampshire, November 2001.
Table 6: Samples from the grounds of the Dr. Norman W. Crisp Elementary School not covered with clean soil with levels of cPAHs above the SQL Nashua, New Hampshire, November 2001
Table 7: Assumptions and calculations of exposure risk on the grounds of Gardner-Roussel Park; exposure concentrations are based on completed exposure pathways before remediation.
Table 8: Assumptions and calculations of exposure risk on the grounds of Gardner-Roussel Park; exposure concentrations are based on completed exposure pathways after remediation.
Table 9: Assumptions and calculations of exposure risk on the grounds of the Dr. Norman W. Crisp Elementary School.
Table 10: Cancer Incidence in ZIP Code 03060* ; Nashua, New Hampshire (1994-1998). Cancer Incidence in Nashua, New Hampshire.
APPENDIX B: FIGURES
Figure 1: Intro Map: Gardner-Roussel Park and the Dr. Norman W. Crisp Elementary School, Nashua, New Hampshire
Figure 2: Division of ZIP code 03060 in 1999 into 03060 and 03064 in Nashua, New Hampshire
APPENDIX C: EVALUATING CANCER DATA AND BASIC CANCER RATE TERMINOLOGY
APPENDIX D: ATSDR PLAIN LANGUAGE GLOSSARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH TERMS
APPENDIX E: ATSDR PUBLIC HEALTH HAZARD CATEGORIES
APPENDIX F: DESCRIPTION OF HEALTH COMPARISON VALUES
APPENDIX G: RESOURCE LIST
APPENDIX H: WRITTEN COMMENTS ON INITIAL AND PUBLIC COMMENT RELEASE
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