From The Pueblo Chieftain (Tracy Harmon):
“If you drink water from your contaminated well over a long period of time, you could expect harmful health effects,” [Teresa Foster, of the Agency on Toxic Substances and Disease Registry] said. “Because of the molybdenum in the water, you could experience increase in gout-like conditions so if you have a (contaminated) private well, please don’t use it for household purposes.”
Vivi Abrams of the agency said such conditions would go away once the well user stopped drinking the water…
Canon City resident Paul Carestia asked whether the study incorporated data for 1958 to 1980. Agency health physicist Michael Brooks said it did not because there was “virtually none” from that time period…
Lincoln Park residents also should limit their use of contaminated well water to irrigate vegetables. Exposure to molybdenum through locally grown vegetables irrigated with private well water is not thought to be at levels that would harm people’s health, however, as a precaution the vegetables should be thoroughly cleaned prior to eating them…
Air emissions of particle-bound radionuclides have not resulted in exposures to the public at levels that could cause (adverse) health effects, Brooks said. “Even in the worst case scenario we did not find anyone who would be exposed at a level of concern. It would not be enough to make them sick,” Brooks explained…
Public comment on the report will be accepted until Nov. 9. The 212-page public health assessment is available at the Canon City Public Library, 516 Macon Ave., and online. Written comments should be sent via e-mail to ATSDRRecordsCenter@cdc.gov or mailed to Rolanda Morrison, Lincoln Park Cotter Uranium Mill site, ATSDR Records Center, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, Atlanta, GA 30341.
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