Health Consultation: Blood Lead Levels in Children in the Lincoln Park Neighborhood, Canon City, Fremont County, Colorado. EPA Facility ID: COD042167585

摘要

The Canon City area has been the historical site of at least six milling and smelting facilities. Based on environmental contamination from those operations, numerous questions and concerns have been voiced by residents of the Lincoln Park neighborhood. Among the various issues are specific concerns that lead contaminated dust from current and historical operations may have migrated into the residential neighborhood. In response to those concerns, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has requested that the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) review the data related to lead contamination in the Canon City area, and assess the health risk associated with the lead contamination. After an initial review of the available data, a site visit to the Lincoln Park area in July of 2004, and conversations with concerned community members, ATSDR focused assessments on two primary issues. The first issue was the blood lead levels in children living in the area, and the second was the lead contaminated dust in homes in the Lincoln Park area. This health consultation specifically addresses concerns related to blood lead levels in children living in the Lincoln Park area.