Main Title |
Preliminary risk assessment for parasites in municipal sewage sludge applied to land / |
CORP Author |
United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Health and Environmental Assessment. |
Publisher |
Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office, Office of Health and Environmental Assessment, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, |
Year Published |
1991 |
Report Number |
EPA/600/6-91/001 |
Stock Number |
PB91-182352 |
OCLC Number |
23741282 |
Subjects |
Sewage sludge--Health aspects--United States ;
Sewage sludge as fertilizer--Health aspects--United States ;
Parasites--United States
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Additional Subjects |
Risk assessment ;
Parasites ;
Sewage sludge ;
Ground disposal ;
Public health ;
Pollution regulations ;
Fertilizers ;
Pathogens ;
Municipal wastes ;
Mathematical models ;
Waste treatment ;
Environmental transport ;
Exposure ;
Epidemiology ;
On-site investigations
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EHAM |
RA1270.S48P74 1991 |
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Region 1 Library/Boston,MA |
04/29/2016 |
EJBD |
EPA 600/6-91/001 |
c.1-2 |
Headquarters Library/Washington,DC |
12/30/2013 |
ELBD ARCHIVE |
EPA 600-6-91-001 |
Received from HQ |
AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
10/04/2023 |
DISPERSAL |
ELDD |
EPA/600/6-91/006 |
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CCTE/GLTED Library/Duluth,MN |
07/10/1992 |
ERAD |
EPA 600/6-91/001 |
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Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA |
11/16/1991 |
ESAD |
EPA 600-6-91-001 |
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Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA |
03/23/2010 |
NTIS |
PB91-182352 |
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 |
x, 96, 18 pages : illustrations, figures, tables ; 28 cm |
Abstract |
Section 405 of the Clean Water Act requires the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to develop and issue regulations that identify: (1) uses for sludge including disposal; (2) specific factors (including costs) to be taken into account in determining the measures and practices applicable for each use or disposal; and (3) concentrations of pollutants that interfere with each use or disposal. To comply with the mandate, the U.S. EPA has embarked on a program to develop four major technical regulations: Land application, including distribution and marketing; landfilling; incineration and surface disposal. The development of these technical regulations requires a consideration of pathogens as well as chemical constituents of sludge. Public concern related to the reuse and disposal of municipal sludge often focuses on the issue of pathogenic organisms. The purpose of the report is to use the pathogens methodology, Pathogen Risk Assessment for Land Application of Municipal Sludge, to develop a preliminary assessment of risk to human health posed by parasites in municipal sewage sludge applied to land as fertilizer or soil conditioner. The preliminary risk assessment includes a description of the most critical data gaps that must be filled before development of a definitive risk assessment and recommends research priorities. |
Notes |
Shipping list no.: 91-327-P. "March 1991." Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-96). |