Health Consultation: Surface Soil, Little Farm Mobile Home Park, Village of El Portal, Miami-Dade County, Florida

摘要

At the Little Farm mobile home park, the Florida Department of Health's (DOH) and the US Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry's (ATSDR) top priority is to ensure nearby residents have the best information to safeguard their health. The Little Farm mobile home park is at 8500 Biscayne Boulevard in the Village of El Portal, Miami-Dade County, Florida. This mobile home community was constructed sometime in the 1940s or 1950s on the site of a chicken farm. Surface soil in the southern half of the community is contaminated with arsenic. Residents use municipal water. The Miami-Dade County Health Department requested the Florida DOH assess the health risk from arsenic in the soil.