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The Bucket Brigade for the Camden Waterfront South Air Toxics Pilot Project was a community-based project in which members of the community, the NJDEP and the Camden County Health Department staff, intermittently collected short-term air samples at different locations in and around the Waterfront South neighborhood.\u00a0 The samples were then sent to a laboratory to be analyzed for various air toxics.\u00a0 A detailed description of the Camden Bucket Brigade can be found in section 2.4.2 of the Camden Waterfront South Air Toxics Pilot Project final report.\u00a0 It is available at https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/ej\/camden\/<\/a> or at http:\/\/njedl.rutgers.edu\/ftp\/PDFs\/4559.pdf<\/a>.<\/p>\n Results for benzene and chloroform measurements taken before 7\/21\/2005 are discussed in the report.\u00a0 The chemical-specific graphs presented here include data up to the last sampling date of 8\/25\/2005.\u00a0 Data for all of the chemicals that we were able to measure is compiled into one summary table below.\u00a0 Some of the compounds we were looking for were not detected in any of the samples, such as the reduced sulfur compounds, and a number of volatile organic compounds.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#346697″ el_class=”my-5″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#346697″ el_class=”my-5″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Click on a chemical listed below to see a graph of the sampling results (all in pdf):<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#346697″ el_class=”my-5″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n For information about the sources and health effects of the chemicals that were measured, go to www.atsdr.cdc.gov\/toxfaq.html<\/a>.\u00a0 For MEK, look under \u201c2-butanone.\u201d<\/p>\n Many of the graphs contain information for comparing the bucket sample data to other concentrations.\u00a0 Not all of the chemicals have this information available.<\/p>\n Long-term health benchmark \u2013 an air concentration below which there is expected to be no significant harm to human health; that is, less than a one in a million risk of cancer or noncancer health effect.\u00a0 Information on the sources of these numbers can be found at www.nj.gov\/dep\/aqpp\/risk.html<\/a><\/p>\n 1999 NATA background – annual average background concentration for Camden County as estimated by USEPA for its 1999 National Air Toxics Assessment (www.epa.gov\/ttn\/atw\/nata1999\/<\/a>).\u00a0 This is a concentration that USEPA estimated would be found at a location even if there had been no recent manmade emissions.\u00a0 It is a contribution to outdoor air toxics concentrations resulting from natural sources, persistence in the environment of past years’ emissions, and long-range transport from distant sources. 2003 Chester annual average – Annual average concentration measured for 2003 at the permanent NJDEP Chester air toxics monitoring site (in Chester Township, Morris County).\u00a0 This site is considered to be a \u201cbackground\u201d site for New Jersey, because it is in a rural area located away from most sources of air pollution.<\/p>\n Air toxics monitoring data is collected routinely at four permanent monitoring sites around the state.\u00a0 Results are given in the annual Air Quality Report (look under \u201cAir Toxics Summary\u201d).\u00a0 These can be found at https:\/\/www.state.nj.us\/dep\/airmon\/index.html<\/a> under \u201cReports\u201d (in the column on the left).<\/p>\nSummary Table of Bucket Brigade Sampling Results<\/h4>\n
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Graphs of Sampling Results<\/h4>\n
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Chemical Information<\/h4>\n
WHAT DO THE NUMBERS MEAN?<\/h4>\n
\n2003 Camden annual average – Annual average concentration measured for 2003 at the permanent NJDEP Camden air toxics monitoring site (at Copewood & Davis Streets).<\/p>\n