However, they might not have received enough PAHs from air in their offices to cause adverse health effects. This exposure would have been added to that from coke oven emissions. This group of workers also possibly experienced skin irritations. However, the amounts of PAHs this group of former workers were exposed to are not likely to have caused skin cancers. Former workers who smoked cigarettes also received additional PAHs from that source.
Tobacco smoke is known to contain PAHs.
The amount of Aldrin detected in one soil sample off site was probably a result of its application off site to control termites. In addition, the EPA excavated contaminated surface soils from residential yards after the samplings were completed. If the site is not cleaned before land use changes in the future and residential homes or other municipal recreational facilities are built at the site, subsurface soils might become surface soils for construction of homes and other facilities. There are no specific child health issues currently associated with this site. However, if the planned remedial activities are not completed, and the site is later developed for residential and other municipal use, children could be exposed to contaminants that might be harmful to their health.