Ongoing Maywood Interim Storage Site Bergen County, NJ 1. Public Health Assessment 2. Site Review and Update 1992 3. Health Consultation - Sears and Commercial Properties 4. Health Consultation - Residential and Municipal Properties 1.
Site is a public health hazard because of chemical and radiological contamination in groundwater.
State initiated a cancer incidence study. Concluded that radon emissions from subsurface soils could expose excavation workers to levels associated with adverse health effects. DOE revised sampling program to include radon-220. Identified elevated levels of lead in residential soil. Bergen County agreed to test children for blood lead levels.