Health Assessment for Greenwood Chemical Company, Newtown, Virginia, Region 3. CERCLIS No. VAD003125374

摘要

The Greenwood Chemical Company site in Newtown, Virginia manufactured specialty chemicals for industrial, pesticide, and pharmaceutical operations for forty years. On-site lagoon sludge is contaminated with toluene (2.8-39,000 ppm), naphthalene (7.8-12,000 ppm), perchloroethylene (ND-2.1 ppm), benzene (ND-0.52 ppm), and cyanide (13-470 ppm). Groundwater on-site is contaminated with toluene (ND-0.15 ppm), chloroform (ND-0.26 ppm), and benzene (ND-0.52 ppm). The site is considered to be of potential public health concern because of the risk to human health caused by the possibility of human exposure to hazardous substances. This is especially a concern while open lagoons and raw chemical wastes are present.