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


Table 7: Results of metal and selected organic chemical analysis in private residential well samples collected by the NJDHSS, 1996, near the Ciba-Geigy Corporation site (See figure 8). Results in micrograms per liter (µg/l, or parts per billion). Data source: NJDHSS, 1997a; NJDHSS, 1997c.

Well

Lead

Mercury

Chloro
form

TCE

MTBE

A

14.9

.

.9

.

.

B

4.4

.

3

.

.5

C

1.9

.

.

.

.

D

3.2

.

.9

.

.

E

1.7

.

.

.

.

F

2.8

.

1

.

.5

G

11.3

.

.

.4

.

H

3.2

.

.

.

.

I

3.6

.

1

.

.

J

4.7

.07

.

.

.

Drinking
Water
MCL

15
Action
Level

2

100*

1

70

TCE = Trichloroethylene
MTBE = Methyl tertiary-butyl ether
* = Total for Chloroform and three other trihalomethanes


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