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PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT

LONE STAR ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT
TEXARKANA, BOWIE COUNTY, TEXAS
EPA FACILITY ID: TX7213821831

July 9, 1999

Prepared by:

Texas Department of Health
Under Cooperative Agreement with the
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry


TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF FIGURES

LIST OF TABLES

SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND

ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION / PATHWAYS ANALYSIS / PUBLIC HEALTH IMPLICATIONS

COMMUNITY HEALTH CONCERNS/HEALTH OUTCOME DATA/CHILD HEALTH INITIATIVE

PUBLIC HEALTH ACTION PLAN

PREPARERS OF THE REPORT

CERTIFICATION

REFERENCES

FIGURES

APPENDICES


LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1 - Site Location and Demographic Statistics Within One Mile of Site

Figure 2 - Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant General Site Information

Figure 3 - Lone Star Areas of Known or Potential Contamination


LIST OF TABLES

Table 1. Types of Chemicals Tested for at the Old Demolition Area at Lone Star

Table 2. Contaminants Detected in Various Media at Lone Star Old Demolition Area

Table 3. Health Hazard Situations - Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant

Table 4. Number of Observed and Expected Cancer Deaths and Race-Adjusted Standardized Mortality Ratios, Selected Sites, Bowie County, 1986-1995

Table 5. Number of Observed and Expected Cancer Deaths and Race-Adjusted Standardized Mortality Ratios, Selected Sites, Texarkana, Texas, 1986-1995

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