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United States. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Division of Community Health Investigations. ; New Jersey. Department of Health. Environmental and Occupational Health Surveillance Program.
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On January 11, 2001, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) proposed to add the Quanta Resources Corporation site, Edgewater, Bergen County, New Jersey, to the National Priorities List (NPL). USEPA added the site to the NPL on September 5, 2002. Manufacturing activities at the Quanta and adjacent properties and uncontrolled release of hazardous wastes have resulted in the contamination of soil and groundwater. At this site, various companies produced contaminants associated with the site are polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and metals. ATSDR and NJDOH released a Public Health Assessment (PHA) based on limited data available in 2002, but a complete evaluation could not be conducted since on- and off- site data were unavailable at that time. Another PHA was released for public comment in 2015 and finalized in 2018. Remediation work at the Quanta site first commenced in April 2017 and numerous odor complaints associated with site remediation activities have been reported by the community adjacent to the site. Community members asked NJDOH if exposures to the odors in the ambient air around the site are a threat to human health.

This health consultation summarizes NJDOH’s evaluation of air sampling data (from the period July 2017 to May 2018) and potential naphthalene exposures resulting from remediation activities at the Quanta site. Recommendations based on short- and long-term (acute and chronic) exposures to naphthalene are included. The top priority of ATSDR and NJDOH at this site is protect public health and ensure that the community around the site has the best information possible to safeguard its health.

Prepared by the New Jersey Department of Health Environmental and Occupational Health Surveillance Program under a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Division of Community Health Investigations.

Quanta_Resources_HC_508.pdf


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Air Pollutants/toxicity
Air Pollution
Environmental Monitoring
Naphthalenes/toxicity
Neoplasms/chemically Induced
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons/toxicity
Risk Assessment

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Health consultation
Document Type:
Report
Place as Subject:
New Jersey
Collection(s):
Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library collection
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