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PB96195417

Publication Date	1996
Page Count	30
Abstract	In 1988 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) placed Fort Richardson on the hazardous waste compliance docket. The principal public health exposure issue is the consumption of white phosphorus-contaminated waterfowl from Eagle River Flats. Although watefowl contamination by white phosphorus has been documented, it is not likely that people would consume sufficient contaminated waterfowl to result in a public health hazard. Institutional controls limit access to source areas, operable units and abandoned structures, have eliminated possible exposures to other sites of contamination and physical hazards within Fort Richardson.
Keywords	Public health Risk assessment Health hazards Environmental surveys Environmental exposure pathway White phosphorus Waterfowl Food chains Military facilities Sediments Eagle River Flats Alaska Fort Richardson Anchorage County(Alaska) Firing ranges
Source Agency	Department H.E.W. Office of Toxic Substance and Disease
NTIS Subject Category	68G - Environmental Health & Safety 57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine
Corporate Authors	Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept.
NTIS Issue Number	199620

Public Health Assessment for Fort Richardson (US Army), Fort Richardson, Anchorage County, Alaska. Region 10. CERCLIS No. AK6214522157.

Public Health Assessment for Fort Richardson (US Army), Fort Richardson, Anchorage County, Alaska. Region 10. CERCLIS No. AK6214522157.
PB96195417

Publication Date	1996
Page Count	30
Abstract	In 1988 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) placed Fort Richardson on the hazardous waste compliance docket. The principal public health exposure issue is the consumption of white phosphorus-contaminated waterfowl from Eagle River Flats. Although watefowl contamination by white phosphorus has been documented, it is not likely that people would consume sufficient contaminated waterfowl to result in a public health hazard. Institutional controls limit access to source areas, operable units and abandoned structures, have eliminated possible exposures to other sites of contamination and physical hazards within Fort Richardson.
Keywords	Public health Risk assessment Health hazards Environmental surveys Environmental exposure pathway White phosphorus Waterfowl Food chains Military facilities Sediments Eagle River Flats Alaska Fort Richardson Anchorage County(Alaska) Firing ranges
Source Agency	Department H.E.W. Office of Toxic Substance and Disease
NTIS Subject Category	68G - Environmental Health & Safety 57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine
Corporate Authors	Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept.
NTIS Issue Number	199620