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16) Public Health Statement for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). "This Public Health Statement is the summary chapter from the Toxicological Profile for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). It is one in a series of Public Health Statements about hazardous substances and their health effects. This information is important because this substance may harm you. The effects of exposure to any hazardous substance depend on the dose, the duration, how you are exposed, personal traits and habits, and whether other chemicals are present." This statement was prepared to give you information about Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) and to emphasize the human health effects that may result from exposure to them. This information is important because exposure to PAHs may cause harmful health effects and because these sites are potential or actual sources of human exposure to PAHs. When a substance is released from a large area, such as an industrial plant, or from a container, such as a drum or bottle, it enters the environment. This release does not always lead to exposure. You can be exposed to a substance only when you come in contact with it. You may be exposed by breathing, eating, or drinking substances containing the substance or by skin contact with it. If you are exposed to substances such as PAHs, many factors will determine whether harmful health effects will occur and what the type and severity of those health effects will be. These factors include the dose (how much), the duration (how long), the route or pathway by which you are exposed (breathing, eating, drinking, or skin contact), the other chemicals to which you are exposed, and your individual characteristics such as age, sex, nutritional status, family traits, lifestyle, and state of health. 17) We are certainly concerned with the health risks to all our customers at Dumas Apple House and concerned about any potential liability issues that could arise from this. 18) If you issue an Interim Use Permit for a gravel crushing plant at 3245 Wayzata Blvd, please remember that you setting a precedent. All future decisions on Interim Use Permits will be based on what you allow at this time. It would be one thing to allow someone to have a place to, for example, run a business for a political campaign in a residential district for one year. It is completely another thing to allow someone to have construction staging, material and equipment storage and materials recycling — gravel crushing and excavation in a residential district for three to five years! 19) We ask that you seriously consider all of our concerns before you make a decision to issue an Interim Use Permit for a gravel crushing facility at 3245 Wayzata Blvd. Sincerely, Marilyn Gabert, daughter of Robert & Kathryn Dumas, property owners of Dumas Apple House, neighboring property to Lakewest, LLC, 3245 Wayzata Boulevard. Marilyn Gabert PO Box 323 Boulder Junction, W1 54512 mgabert@centurytel.net