There are no past or current completed exposure pathways at the site which warrant evaluation. Therefore, to prevent future exposures to site-related contamination at levels of public health concern, additional investigation of the potential for the contamination of public supply wells is necessary. Children are at greater risk than adults from certain kinds of exposures to hazardous substances emitted from waste sites. They are more likely exposed because they play outdoors and they often bring food into contaminated areas. They are shorter than adults, which means they breathe dust, soil, and heavy vapors closer to the ground.
Children are also smaller, resulting in higher doses of chemical exposure per body weight.
The developing body systems of the growing child can sustain permanent damage if toxic exposures occur during critical growth stages. Most importantly, children depend completely on adults for risk identification and management decisions, housing decisions, and access to medical care. There were no completed exposure pathways associated with the MAI site. No community concerns regarding the MAI site were identified. No comments were received.