Public Health Assessment for Chemical Insecticide Corporation, Edison Township,Middlesex County, New Jersey, Region 2. CERCLIS No. NJD9804846653

摘要

The Chemical Insecticide Corporation (CIC) site is located at 30 Whitman Avenuein Edison Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey, and occupies approximately 5.8 acres. Presently inactive, the Chemical Insecticide Corp. manufactured a variety of insecticides, fungicides, rodenticides, and herbicides from 1958 to 1970. Inappropriate production, storage, and waste disposal practices resulted in the contamination of soils, ground water, and surface water with pesticides, herbicides, and inorganics. The CIC site is considered to be a public health hazard because humans have probably been exposed to hazardous substances at concentrations that may result in adverse health effects. Human exposure to site-related contaminants is probably occurring and has probably occurred in the past. Contaminants (Dinoseb, arsenic) are migrating off-site borne by surface water runoff during precipitation events, and are entering the Metroplex property and the unnamed creek probably in sufficient concentration as to constitute a public health hazard. The CIC site, Edison Township, New Jersey, has been evaluated by ATSDR's Health Activities Recommendation Panel for appropriate follow-up with respect to health activities.