Cancer Incidence Rates in Eddy and Lea Counties
New Mexico, 1970-1994
Issued: April 6, 1998
Table 2
Selected Components of Mixed Waste to be Emplaced at the WIPP,
and Associated Cancers
| Inorganic Contaminants |
|
| Radionuclides* |
Metals** |
| Americium-241 |
Chromium |
| Cesium-137 |
Copper |
| Cobalt-60 |
Lead |
| Plutonium-238, -239, -240, -241 |
Mercury |
| Promethium-147 |
Nickel |
| Strontium-90 |
Cyanide** |
| Thorium-228, -232 |
|
| Uranium-234, -238 |
|
| |
|
| Organic Contaminants |
|
| Benzene |
|
| Chlorinated hydrocarbons |
|
| Methylethyl ketone, cyclohexanone, acetone |
|
| Polychlorinated biphenyls |
|
| Tetraphenylboron |
|
| Toluene |
|
| Tributylphosphate |
|
| |
|
| Sources: *Westinghouse 1995; **DOE 1990 |
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