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PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT

PELHAM BAY LANDFILL
BRONX, BRONX COUNTY, NEW YORK
EPA FACILITY ID: NYD980507479

July 21, 2000

Prepared by:

New York State Department of Health
Under a Cooperative Agreement with the
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

TABLE OF CONTENTS

A. Site Description and History

C. Demographics, Land Use, and Natural Resource Use

D. Health Outcome Data

COMMUNITY HEALTH CONCERNS

ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND OTHER HAZARDS

A. On-site Contamination

B. Off-Site Contamination

C. Quality Assurance and Quality Control

D. Physical and Other Hazards

E. Toxic Chemical Release Inventory (TRI)

PATHWAYS ANALYSIS

A. Completed Exposure Pathways

B. Eliminated Exposure Pathways

PUBLIC HEALTH IMPLICATIONS

A. Toxicological Evaluation

B. Health Outcome Data Evaluation

C. Community Health Concerns Evaluation

RECOMMENDATIONS

HEALTH ACTIVITIES RECOMMENDATION PANEL (HARP) RECOMMENDATION

PUBLIC HEALTH ACTION PLAN

PREPARERS OF THE REPORT

APPENDIX A: FIGURES

APPENDIX B: TABLES

APPENDIX C: PROCEDURES FOR EVALUATING POTENTIAL HEALTH RISKS FOR CONTAMINANTS OF CONCERN

APPENDIX D: PUBLIC HEALTH HAZARD CATEGORIES

APPENDIX E: GLOSSARY

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