Public Health Assessment for Petitioned Public Health Assessment, Country Club Lake Estates, Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi, Region 4.

摘要

The Davis Timber Company site is in a rural area of southeastern Mississippi, approximately six miles northwest of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The facility has operated since 1966, using pentachlorophenol as a wood preservative between the years of 1972 and 1987. The state of Mississippi has documented intentional and accidental releases from the facility's wastewater treatment holding pond and the regulatory actions that resulted. Fish kills that occurred on the lakes downstream of the Davis Timber Company site have also been documented. Pentachlorophenol, polychlorinated dioxins, and polychlorinated furans were detected in surface water, sediment, and fish downstream from the timber company. Environmental media needing further investigation include off-site groundwater and fish downstream. The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry recommends, in the petitioned public health assessment, actions to reduce and prevent exposure to contaminants.