Montrose Chemical Corporation, California
Superfund Site: Montrose Chemical Corporation, California
1. Introduction
2. Pollutants and Pathways.
Thirty five years of plant operation with no care taken about pollution allowed DDT (the end product), chlorobenzene (the raw material) and the resulting toxic products to move from the site in a lot of different pathways.
Waste materials and Non Aqueous Phase Liquids (NAPL) were released into the environment. Non aqueous solutions do not easily dilute in water. On soils they are very difficult to remove. When the NAPL gets into ground water if floats on top of the water. When NAPL-type pollutants are ...