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Essex County

Fairfield:

Caldwell Trucking Co.

Glen Ridge Borough:

Glen Ridge Radium

Montclair and West Orange:

Montclair/W. Orange Radium Site

Newark:

Diamond Alkali Co.
Ironbound Athletic Field
Tidewater Baling
White Chemical Co.

Orange City:

U.S. Radium Corporation: West Orange

Glossary of Terms

Public Health AssessmentA Public Health Assessment is an evaluation and statement of the public health issues related to a contaminated site. Every New Jersey site on the National Priorities List has had a Public Health Assessment completed. Environmental data, health outcome data, and community health concerns are all considered in the process of developing a Public Health Assessment in order to: (1) identify human exposures and hazardous conditions associated with a site, (2) identify past, current or future impact on public health, (3) develop health advisories or other health recommendations (4) identify populations living or working near the sites for further studies or actions .
Public Health ConsultationA Public Health Consultation is similar to a Public Health Assessment, but is designed to answer a focused question about the site and its health impact. Many sites have had at least one Public Health Consultation.
Citizen’s GuideCitizen’s Guides are summaries of the technical Public Health Assessment and Public Health Consultation documents.
Public Health AdvisoryA Public Health Advisory is issued in rare instances where contamination poses an immediate and significant danger to public health.
Exposure InvestigationAn Exposure Investigation is conducted as part of a Public Health Assessment, Consultation or Advisory, if it is necessary to perform limited human exposure measurements. This may include biological sampling (e.g., blood, urine, or hair) of nearby residents, or additional environmental sampling of potential areas of exposure. Large scale biological sampling may be continued by the Health Studies Project. Large scale environmental sampling is performed by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) or the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

FAIRFIELD
Site Name	Reports and Resources
Caldwell Trucking Co.	Site Review and Update: August 1995 [pdf 548k] Public Health Assessment: October 1988 [pdf 671k] USEPA Site Fact Sheet
GLEN RIDGE BOROUGH
Site Name	Reports and Resources
Glen Ridge Radium	Public Health Consultation: July 2000 (evaluates radiation on two nearby properties) [pdf 2m] Report - Cancer Incidence in Populations Living Near Radiologically Contaminated Superfund Sites in New Jersey: November 1999 [pdf 2m] Public Health Assessment: August 1995 [pdf 2.5m] Site Review and Update: June 1993 [pdf 676k] Public Health Assessment: November 1986 [pdf 355k] Report – Mortality Experience of Residents Exposed to Elevated Indoor Levels of Radon From an Industrial Source: May 1988 [pdf 1.93m] USEPA Site Fact Sheet
MONTCLAIR AND WEST ORANGE
Site Name	Reports and Resources
Montclair/ W. Orange Radium Site	Report – Cancer Incidence in Populations Living Near Radiologically Contaminated Superfund Sites in New Jersey: November 1999 [pdf 2.53m] Public Health Assessment: August 1995 [pdf 2.61m] Site Review and Update: June 1993 [pdf 676k] Public Health Assessment: November 1986 [pdf 356k] Report – Mortality Experience of Residents Exposed to Elevated Indoor Levels of Radon From an Industrial Source: May 1988 [pdf 1.93k] SEE ALSO: Orange City, US Radium Corporation, Orange USEPA Site Fact Sheet
NEWARK
Site Name	Reports and Resources
Diamond Alkali Co.	Public Health Consultation: August 1996 (evaluates past exposures of residents to dioxin) [pdf 141k] Diamond Alkali and Your Patient from Health and Hazardous Waste A Practitioner's Guide to Patients' Environmental Exposures: September 1995 [pdf 40k] Site Review and Update: January 1994 [pdf 569k] Public Health Assessment: November 1987 [pdf 518k] USEPA Site Fact Sheet
Ironbound Athletic Field	Public Health Consultation: September 2008 [pdf 266k] Public Health Consultation: February 2008 [pdf 3m]
Tidewater Baling	Letter of Technical Assistance to USEPA: July 2007 [pdf 164k]
White Chemical Co.	Site Review and Update: February 1994 [pdf 635k] Public Health Advisory: November 1990 [pdf 360k] USEPA Site Fact Sheet
ORANGE CITY
Site Name	Reports and Resources
U.S. Radium Corporation: West Orange	Public Health Consultation: June 1997 Part 1 of 2 [pdf 151k], Part 2 of 2 [pdf 20k] Newsletter for Health Professional: Spring 1996 [pdf 63k] Site Review and Update: September 1993 [pdf 426k] Preliminary Public Health Assessment: January 1989 [pdf 189k] USEPA Site Fact Sheet

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