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Ciba Geigy Health Assessment
(Dover Township) Toms River, New Jersey


Table 6 - Results of metal and selected organic chemical analysis in soil samples collected by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, 1966. Results in milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg, or parts per million). Results are compared to NJDEP Sediment Guidance ot to Ontario (ONT) Ministry of the Interior Sediment Guidelines. Data source: NJDHSS, 1997a.

Contaminant

Sea
Court

Breezy
Oaks

Raleigh

Bachelor

Bay
Lea

NJDEP

ONT

Fluoran-
thene

1.19
**

3.88
**

ND

7.72
**

1.77
**

.65

--

Pyrene

1.15
**

2.70
**

ND

7.76
**

1.77
**

.35

--

Bis(2-ethyl-
hexyl)
phthalate

1.31

1.16

.62

17.11

.96

--

--

Benzo(b)
fluoran-
thene

ND

.72

ND

5.91

ND

--

--

Benzo(k)
fluoran-
thene

1.40
**

.26
**

ND

ND

2.26
**

--

.24

Diethyl-
phthalate

ND

ND

.29

ND

.32

--

--

Benzo(a)
Pyrene

ND

ND

ND

ND

.92
**

--

.37

Indeno
(1,2,3-cd)
pyrene

ND

ND

ND

ND

.79
**

--

.20

Benzo(ghi)
perylene

ND

ND

ND

ND

.73
**

--

.17

Arsenic

9.84
**

7.82
**

3.54

17.9
**

11.5
**

--

6

Chromium

10.1
**

6.61
**

7.10
**

31.1
**

21.5
**

--

.6

Cadmium

2.36
**

2.0
**

2.32
**

4.79
**

2.13
**

--

.6

Lead

43.1
**

35.7
**

12

921
**

130
**

--

31

Mercury

.06

.05

.03

.50
**

.08

.15

--

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