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USEPA ORD TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ACTIVITES ON MERCURY RESEARCH
Citation:
Grosse*, D W. AND P M. Randall*. USEPA ORD TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ACTIVITES ON MERCURY RESEARCH. Presented at AWMA 2003 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 6/22-27/2003.
Description:
Key scientific questions have compelled ORD, in support of the Agency's mission, to develop a Mercury Research Strategy (1999). This strategy was to enable ORD to take a more proactive stance in identifying and implementing research programs designed to meet out-year goals in promoting the prevention and risk management of mercury and methylmercury. In order for ORD to achieve these goals, a series of five technology transfer workshops were conducted which focused on six primary research areas: (1) transport, transformation and fate, (2) risk management for combustion sources, (3) risk management for non-combustion sources, (4) ecological effects and exposure, (5) human health effects and exposure, and (6) risk communication. Two overall themes governed the proceedings of these workshops: (1) identify state-of-the-science practices and techniques for reducing the use of mercury at its source (scientific, manufacturing and industrial), mitigate and restore adversely impacted ecosystems and long term management of surplus, recycled mercury and mercury-bearing waste and (2) determine what additional research activities need to be conducted to fulfill the goals of the ORD Mercury Research Strategy. This oral presentation presents key findings of the conduct of these workshops and associative technology transfer activities.