PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT
RAYMARK INDUSTRIES
STRATFORD, FAIRFIELD COUNTY, CONNECTICUT
CERCLIS NO. CTD001186618
September 25, 1996
Prepared by
Connecticut Department of Public Health
Under Cooperative Agreement with the
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SUMMARY
BACKGROUND
A. SITE DESCRIPTION AND HISTORY
Raymark Industries, Inc.
Off-Site Locations
Additional Site Investigations
ATSDR Involvement
Agency Coordination
B. PUBLIC HEALTH ACTIONS TAKEN DURING HEALTH ASSESSMENT PROCESS
Interim Actions and Permanent Remedies Taken at Priority Areas
Additional Sites
Residential Properties
Fish Advisory
Voluntary Blood Lead Clinics
Clinical Evaluation of Stratford Residents
Clinical Evaluation of Public Works Employees
Follow-up Study of Birth Weight and Selected Cancer Incidence Using
Geographic Information System Technology
Enhanced Site Evaluations Using Geographic Information Systems
C. DEMOGRAPHICS, LAND USE AND NATURAL RESOURCES USE
D. HEALTH OUTCOME DATA
Voluntary Blood Lead Screening
Cancer Incidence Studies
Birth Defects
E. RESPONDING TO COMMUNITY HEALTH CONCERNS
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND OTHER HAZARDS
A. ON-SITE CONTAMINATION/RAYMARK FACILITY
Soil
Ambient Air
Groundwater
B. OFF-SITE CONTAMINATION
Surface Soil
Groundwater
Indoor Dust
Fish and Shellfish
Sediment
Ambient Air
C. QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY CONTROL
D. PHYSICAL HAZARDS
PATHWAY ANALYSIS
A. COMPLETED EXPOSURES
Residents Living in Homes Where Surface Soil was Found to be Contaminated
Soil Pathway
Indoor Dust
Public Works Employees
Soil Pathway
Children, Faculty and Staff at Wooster Junior High School
Soil Pathway
Members of Housatonic Boat Club
Soil Pathway
Anglers
Fish Pathway
Team Members that Played on Raybestos Memorial Field
Soil Pathway
Workers/Spada and Morgan Francis Area
Soil Pathway
Stratford Residents
Soil Pathway
Workers at the Raymark Facility
Soil Pathway
B. POTENTIAL EXPOSURES
Workers at the Raymark Facility
Soil Pathway
Ambient Air Pathway
Residents Living Near the Raymark Facility
Ambient Air Pathway
Indoor Air Pathway
Trespassers at the Raymark Facility
Soil Pathway
Utility Workers
Soil Pathway
C. ELIMINATED EXPOSURES
Groundwater Pathway
PUBLIC HEALTH IMPLICATIONS
A. TOXICOLOGICAL EVALUATIONS
Asbestos
Lead
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
B. HEALTH OUTCOME DATA EVALUATION
Voluntary Blood Lead Screening
Cancer Incidence Studies
Birth Defects
CONCLUSIONS
RECOMMENDATIONS
Health Activities Recommendation Panel
PUBLIC HEALTH ACTION PLAN
PREPARERS OF REPORT
REFERENCES
LIST OF APPENDICES
APPENDIX A Site Map
APPENDIX B ATSDR Public Health Advisory, May 1993
APPENDIX C Interagency Communication Plan
APPENDIX D GIS Maps
APPENDIX E Health Consultation-Fish, Subsistence Fishing Memo
APPENDIX F Health Consultation-Private Well Survey
APPENDIX G Citizen Question and Answers
APPENDIX H Fact Sheets Neighborhood Forums
APPENDIX I Stratford Environmental Updates
APPENDIX J Public Health Code/Private Wells
APPENDIX K Health Consultation-Blood Lead Screening
APPENDIX L Health Consultation-Cancer Incidence
APPENDIX M Memo-Birth Defects
APPENDIX N Response to Public Comment
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