Public Health Assessment for Petitioned Phelps Dodge Corp Douglas ReductionWorks, Douglas, Cochise County, Arizona, Region 9. CERCLIS No. AZD008397143

摘要

The Phelps-Dodge site, a former copper-smelting operation just outside Douglasand possibly Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico. This site contributed to lead-contaminated surface soils in residential areas in Douglas. Exposure to the lead-contaminated soils may have contributed and/or caused elevated blood levels in children living in both Douglas, AZ and Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico. Past emissions from the smelter included arsenic, lead, sulfur dioxide, inhalable particulate matter, and other heavy metals. The levels detected by air monitoring were elevated above health guidelines.