Main Title |
Computerized Risk and Bioaccumulation System (Version 1.0). |
Author |
Lee, H. ;
Winsor, M. ;
Pelletier, J. ;
Randall, R. ;
Bertling, J. ;
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CORP Author |
Environmental Research Lab., Narragansett, RI. |
Publisher |
Nov 91 |
Year Published |
1991 |
Report Number |
EPA/600/3-91/069 ;ERLN-N196; |
Stock Number |
PB92-114164 |
Additional Subjects |
Shellfish ;
Bioaccumulation ;
Organic wastes ;
Carcinogens ;
Expert systems ;
Cancer ;
Risk ;
Mathematical models ;
Public health ;
Water pollution effects(Humans) ;
Food consumption ;
Computer applications ;
Installing ;
Toxicology ;
Thermodynamics ;
Kinetics ;
Manuals ;
CRABS computer program
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
NTIS |
PB92-114164 |
Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. |
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07/26/2022 |
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Collation |
27p |
Abstract |
The Computerized Risk And Bioaccumulation System (CRABS, Version 1.0) is an expert system that predicts tissue residues of fifteen neutral organic pollutants in sediment-dwelling organisms and the human cancer risk from consumption of the contaminated shellfish. Bioaccumulation from bedded sediment can be predicted from the thermodynamic partitioning, first-order kinetic, or toxicokinetic model. All the models can predict steady-state tissue residues while the two kinetic models can predict non-steady-state uptake or elimination. CRABS then predicts the lifetime human cancer risk from consumption of clams and other non-mobile sediment-dwelling organisms containing the predicted (or measured) tissue residue. The linearized multistage model is used to predict cancer risk for a single pollutant from a single species diet. The program guides the user in estimating shellfish consumption rates if no site-specific rates are available. CRABS is designed to promote thorough documentation of the assumptions and data as well as to error check the entered values. |