EPA, Pharmacia agree address dioxin contamination at Kanawha
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2017 10:59 pm
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has entered into a consent agreement with Pharmacia LLC on a cleanup plan to address dioxin contamination at the Kanawha River Superfund Site, in West Virginia.
The cleanup work focuses on a 14-mile stretch within the Kanawha River beginning at the confluence of the Kanawha and Coal rivers. Cleanup work will include constructing a cap over more than nine acres of contaminated river sediments. This capping will reduce the mobility and concentrations of dioxin in the sediments, which will help protect prey fish, sport fish, and bottom feeders in the river.
The most significant human health risks at the site are associated with fish consumption from the river and the consent order provides for long-term monitoring of the levels of dioxin in fish caught along this stretch.
The State of West Virginia previously issued a fish advisory for the river due to elevated levels of dioxin found in fish caught in the river.
Read more: https://goo.gl/U8Qq12
The cleanup work focuses on a 14-mile stretch within the Kanawha River beginning at the confluence of the Kanawha and Coal rivers. Cleanup work will include constructing a cap over more than nine acres of contaminated river sediments. This capping will reduce the mobility and concentrations of dioxin in the sediments, which will help protect prey fish, sport fish, and bottom feeders in the river.
The most significant human health risks at the site are associated with fish consumption from the river and the consent order provides for long-term monitoring of the levels of dioxin in fish caught along this stretch.
The State of West Virginia previously issued a fish advisory for the river due to elevated levels of dioxin found in fish caught in the river.
Read more: https://goo.gl/U8Qq12