Public Health Assessment Final Release: Southwest Jefferson County Mining, Jefferson County, Missouri. EPA Facility ID: MON000705443, June 25, 2012

摘要

The top priority for the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS), in cooperation with the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), in evaluating the public health impact of the Southwest Jefferson County Mining site is to provide the Jefferson County community with the best information possible to safeguard its health. The Southwest Jefferson County Mining site is on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) National Priorities List (NPL) primarily due to lead contamination of residential yards soils and private drinking water wells. The contamination is the result of mining, milling, and smelter wastes, and widespread use of lead contaminated soil for landscaping. To a lesser extent, there is concern for cadmium and barium in drinking water, cadmium and arsenic in soil, and physical hazards left behind from past mining activities.