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Main Title Development of methodology for determining risk assessment when sludge is applied to land /
Author Jutro, Peter R. ; Nerode, Anil
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Nerode, Anil
CORP Author Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY.;Health Effects Research Lab., Cincinnati, OH.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Health Effects Research Laboratory,
Year Published 1981
Report Number EPA/600/1-81/058; EPA-R-805781
Stock Number PB81-240012
Subjects Sewage sludge--Environmental aspects ; Sewage irrigation--Environmental aspects ; Sewage disposal in the ground--Environmental aspects ; Sanitary landfills--Environmental aspects
Additional Subjects Sludge disposal ; Toxicology ; Risk ; Feasibility studies ; Assessments ; Methodology ; Exposure ; Management ; Dosage ; Responses ; Epidemiology ; Data bases ; Health risks ; Toxic substances
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NTIS  PB81-240012 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 193 pages ; 28 cm
Abstract
This project explored the feasibility of developing a risk assessment methodology that could be applied to sludge management decision making. It examined cadmium, since this substance is one of the best studied and most extensively reported contaminants. The methodology developed allows determination of the proportion of the population experiencing given levels of exposure to a toxic substance under specified management strategies. In addition, it provides for the evaluation of the damage caused by such exposure. When both the dosage-response analysis and the exposure population analysis are joined, the distribution of population into levels of response can be established. Each requires separate categories data. The first is the result of controlled experiments and carefully designed epidemiological statistical studies. The second consists of ongoing data bases on a national scale, including both measurements of background levels of the toxic substance and data on the actual levels at the various stages of the disposal and dispersal procedures. This report establishes that these data bases are required. The problems associated with both categories of data are considered and discussed.
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Caption title. "Aug. 1981." "EPA-600/1-81-058." Microfiche.