[7/4/05 note: this page was created in June of 2004, from the only public document available at the time, the SFBRWQCB 9/2001 Meade Street Operable Unit Cleanup Order, which included what was supposedly a comprehensive list/description of the site toxins. As it turns out, this list is only a fraction of the known toxins that have been uncovered in the last year.]

Following is a list of known toxins and related measurements from site tests prior to start of Zeneca site cleanup at 1415 South 47th Street, Richmond, CA. Source of list: "Site Cleanup Requirements for Meade Street Operable Unit, Subunit 1, California Regional Water Quality Control Board San Francisco Region, Order No. 01-101, Zeneca Inc. 1415 South 47th Street, Richmond, Contra Costa County", certified as a Self-Monitoring Program, 9/19/2001.
  1. nitric acid
  2. phosphate fertilizer
  3. carbon disulfide
  4. aluminum sulfate
  5. titanium trichloride
  6. herbicides unnamed
  7. insecticides unnamed
  8. fungicides unnamed
  9. carbon for gas masks
  10. pyrite ore FeS2
  11. chalcopyrite CuFeS2
  12. sphalerite ZnS
  13. magnetite Fe3O4

  1. arsenic (upland maximum 1,700 ppm; mean 33 ppm)
  2. arsenic (marsh maximum 771 ppm; mean 186 ppm)
  3. arsenic (groundwater maximum 45,000 ppm; mean 148 ppb)
  4. copper (marsh maximum 5,390 ppm; mean 542 ppm)
  5. copper (groundwater maximum 380,000 ppb; mean 4,164 ppb)
  6. (upland maximum 18,000 ppm; mean 205 ppm)
  7. (marsh maximum 818 ppm; 165 ppm)
  8. mercury (marsh maximum 72.5 ppm; mean 9 ppm)
  9. mercury (groundwater maximum 8.7 ppb; mean 23 ppb)
  10. nickel (marsh maximum 115 ppm; mean 51 ppm)
  11. nickel (groundwater maximum 5,400 ppb; mean 455 ppb)
  12. selenium (groundwater maximum 880 ppb, mean 15 ppb)
  13. silver (marsh maximum 26 ppm; mean 1.75 ppm)
  14. (marsh maximum 6,210 ppm; mean 1,318 ppm)
  15. (groundwater maximum 280,000 ppb, mean 9,426 ppb)

  1. volatile organic compounds most unnamed
  2. semi-volatile organic compounds most unnamed
  3. benzene (upland maximum 1.7 ppm; mean .28 ppm)
  4. benzopyrene (upland maximum 6 ppm; mean .9 ppm)
  5. dichlorobenzene cis-1, 2 (groundwater maximum 880 ppb; mean 76 ppb)
  6. tetrachloroethene (groundwater maximum 540 ppb; mean 83 ppb)
  7. tetrachloroethane 1,1,2,2 (groundwater 120 ppb; mean 59 ppb)
  8. toluene (upland maximum 1,800 ppm; mean 12 ppm)
  9. trichloroethene (groundwater maximum 4,900 ppb; mean 188 ppb)
  10. chloride (groundwater maximum 54 ppb; mean 2.7 ppb)

  1. pesticides many unnamed
  2. (upland maximum 2,800 ppm; mean 27 ppm)
  3. (marsh maximum 1.8 ppm; mean .29 ppm)
  4. (groundwater maximum 63 ppb; mean 2 ppb)
  5. (upland maximum 2,100 ppm; mean 14 ppm)
  6. (marsh maximum 0.54 ppm; mean 0.25 ppm)
  7. (groundwater maximum 19 ppb; mean 0.95 ppb)
  8. cycloate (groundwater maximum 760 ppb; mean 11 ppb)
  9. molinate (groundwater maximum 6,300 ppb; mean 78 ppb)
  10. metamsodium (groundwater maximum 480,000 ppb; mean 8,012 ppb)
  11. (marsh maximum 0.8 ppm; mean 0.22 ppm)
  12. toxaphene (upland maximum 230 ppm; mean 31 ppm)

pH levels measure 3.3 in upland soil

Another point of interest:
City of Richmond City Council requested a uranium study but said no environmental impact report was needed for ex-Stauffer Chemical land 12/20/02. Reports of top secret governmental experimentation with uranium at the site have never been adequately resolved.
http://www.tombutt.com/forum/021221.htm