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Main Title Identification and evaluation of waterborne routes of exposure from other than food and drinking water /
Author Scow, K. ; Wechsler, A. E. ; Stevens, J. ; Wood, M. ; Callahan, M. A.
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Halper, Martin P.
Callahan, Michael A.
CORP Author United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Water Planning and Standards. Monitoring and Data Support Division.
Publisher The Division,
Year Published 1979
Report Number EPA-440/5-79-016; EPA-440/4-79-016; EPA-68-01-3857; PB87194619
Stock Number PB87-194619
OCLC Number 05108756
ISBN pbk.
Subjects Environmental toxicology ; Absorption (Physiology) ; Environmental health ; Chlordan--Toxicology
Additional Subjects Pollution--Toxicology ; Absorption (Physiology) ; Environmental health ; Chlordan--Toxicology ; Exposure ; Heptachlor ; Chlordane ; Respiration ; Water pollution ; Risk
Internet Access
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https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=91012IZ0.PDF
Holdings
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Status
EJED  EPA 440-4-79-016 OCSPP Chemical Library/Washington,DC 11/20/1998
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 440-5-79-016 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
NTIS  PB87-194619 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 58 pages in various pagings : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Abstract
The purposes of the report were to identify major human exposure routes (other than food and drinking water) for waterborne pollutants; to develop a methodological framework for establishing the significance of these routes for quantifying the risks to humans associated with these routes; and to incorporate this framework into a risk assessment methodology and test its usefulness for risk assessments of chlordane and heptachlor. Inhalation of vapors from polluted water and absorption of pollutants through the skin during direct contact with water were chosen as the most significant alternative exposure routes for consideration in the report. Seventeen exposure activities (bathing, dishwashing, etc.) in personal, recreational, and household categories were identified. Estimates for these activities were made of average daily exposure by inhalation or skin absorption routes, exposure extent, and total national yearly exposure, with subpopulations identified by age, sex, and geographic location in several cases. Calculations for chlordane and heptachlor showed inhalation to be negligible compared to other intakes, but for chlordane, skin absorption may be a significant exposure route.
Notes
Contact no. 68-01-3857, task 4. Jan. 1979. Includes bibliographical references.