Public Health Assessment for Newhall Street Neighborhood (Aliases: Bryden and Morse Streets Residential Properties and Rosem Site Residential Properties) Hamden, New Haven County, Connecticut;Final rept

摘要

The Newhall Street neighborhood that is the focus of this Public Health Assessment is located in the southern portion of the town of Hamden, Connecticut. It is an approximately 11-block area that includes residences nearby Hamden Middle School, and two town parks (Rochford Field and Mill Rock Park). The area was used for disposal of domestic and industrial waste during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. Many of the homes in the Newhall Street neighborhood were built on top of landfill waste. The purpose of this Public Health Assessment (PHA) is to evaluate environmental sampling data from residential yards in the Newhall Street neighborhood, in Hamden, Connecticut, to determine whether landfill waste materials present a public health hazard. This PHA builds upon results of several health consultations and a PHA previously prepared by the Connecticut Department of Public Health (CT DPH) (under a cooperative agreement with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)). These previously prepared documents address the public health significance of landfill waste materials at the Hamden Middle School, two town parks, and the Newhall Street School, all located in the Newhall Street Neighborhood. This PHA builds upon information contained in the previous evaluations, but data analyzed in this document have not been evaluated previously. Environmental investigations in the Newhall Street neighborhood have focused on surface and subsurface soils from residential yards.