Public Health Assessment for Dover Air Force Base, Dover, Kent County, Delaware EPA Facility ID: DE8570024010

摘要

The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) prepared this public health assessment (PHA) to evaluate potential health hazards from past, current, and future exposures to contaminants originating from Dover Air Force Base (DAFB). DAFB is an active U.S. Air Force (USAF) base located about 3.5 miles southeast of the city of Dover in Kent County, Delaware. To evaluate possible health hazards associated with environmental contamination at DAFB, ATSDR conducted a comprehensive public health assessment (PHA). ATSDR's PHA process identifies populations who may have been or are exposed to hazardous substances and determines the public health implications of those exposures. As part of the process, ATSDR conducted site visits and met with representatives from DAFB in 1991 and 2003. Using information gathered during site visits and findings of site investigations conducted at DAFB, ATSDR examined the nature and extent of contamination associated with the site. ATSDR considered past, current and potential future exposure situations in its evaluation.