of these chemicals have also been detected at low
and possible health effects related to chemicals
detected in private well water and indoor and
the site.
outdoor air sampling data from homes along Cady
Road. The health consultation concluded that the
combustible gases, including methane, in private
removed by both mechanical aeration and natural
well water present an urgent public health hazard.
Methane levels in some samples were at explosive
sediments are present at concentrations below those
expected to cause adverse health effects. It is not
presents a public health hazard;
yet clear whether the quality
the levels in some homes could
of the perched groundwater is
cause adverse health effects,
being impacted by the tire fire.
especially in residents with
preexisting asthma or other
in the perched groundwater
respiratory conditions. The
does not pose a health threat to
consultation also concluded that
residents in the area because
the gases and organic compounds
no one currently uses it for
measured in the drinking water
domestic purposes. A thick
are not an ingestion hazard.
clay layer between the two
Eagle-Picher--Foundry
water sources makes it unlikely Tire fire, Kirby Tire Company, 1999.
operations have been carried
could migrate to the deeper
out at the former Eagle-Picher
facility in Delta since 1936. Wastes generated by
monitoring data from subsequent samplings are
necessary to assess any potential adverse impact on
historical foundry operations included fugitive
the deeper aquifer.
air emissions from melting and casting processes,
baghouse dust containing metals, and scrap bronze
The Kirby Tire Company site and Sycamore Creek
stored on-site.
currently pose no public health hazard to residents
Ohio EPA investigations of the facility in 1985 and
and visitors to the area because no completed
exposure pathway exists for on-site soils and
1995 revealed lead at levels of up to 15,600 parts
because of the lack of contact with on-site physical
per million (ppm) in surface soil samples from
hazards. HAS will continue to evaluate the health
residential yards adjacent to the facility. In 1998, an
implications from future environmental monitoring
environmental investigation of was conducted for
data collected by the Ohio Environmental
the foundry property and surrounding residential
Protection Agency (Ohio EPA).
areas. Lead levels up to 8,209 ppm were detected
in residential and commercial areas immediately
A health consultation is a written or oral response
north and south of the facility. Lead levels up to
from ATSDR to a specific request for information about
900 ppm were detected in Fewless Creek sediments
health risks related to a specific site, chemical release,
southeast of the facility.
or hazardous material. It is a more limited response
than a public health assessment is. To date, 154 docu-
HAS determined that lead levels in adjacent
mented health consultations have been conducted
residential yards and in sediments in Fewless Creek
at 94 sites in Ohio, including the following recent
had the potential to pose a public health threat
examples.
to area residents. The main exposure pathway
identified was exposure to lead in surface soils or
Cady Road--A resident of Cady Road in North
sediments through ingestion of lead-contaminated
Royalton petitioned ATSDR to determine whether
soils. The population of concern was infants and
exposure to possible contaminants in private
young children playing in the dirt in residential
well water and indoor air could adversely affect
yards adjacent to the facility.
include combustible gases such as methane and
In 1999, a free blood-lead screening of area
children was carried out in the neighborhood
near the facility by the Fulton County Health
March 2003 identifies potential human exposures
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