Main Title |
Human health risk assessment for potential exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from sunken vessels used as artificial reefs (food-chain scenario) |
Publisher |
Navy Environmental Health Center, Environmental Programs Directorate, |
Year Published |
2004 |
OCLC Number |
62109881 |
Subjects |
Ships--Scrapping--United States ;
Artificial reefs--Health aspects--United States ;
Polychlorinated biphenyls--Environmental aspects
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EJBM |
VC263.H96 2004 |
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Headquarters Library/Washington,DC |
10/19/2005 |
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Edition |
Final. |
Collation |
832 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. |
Notes |
Printed from the Internet. Not all of the Appendices printable. "March 2004". Includes bibliographical references. |
Contents Notes |
Background -- Overview -- Sunken vessels and PCBs -- Navy Organizations -- Technical Working Group -- Risk-based disposal approval -- Contents of this Risk Assessment Report -- Objectives -- Data acquisition and quality assurance -- Human health risk assessment -- Summary of technical approach -- Data compilation -- Calculation of upper tolerance limits and Wilcoxon rank sum test for target and reference reef species -- Exposure assessment -- Site conceptual exposure model -- Selection of PCBs as chemicals of potential concern -- Estimation of exposure point concentrations -- Identification of exposure parameters and assumptions -- Toxicity assessment -- Risk characterization findings and uncertainty discussion -- Carcinogenic risk under reasonable maximum exposure scenario -- Carcinogenic risk under average exposure scenario -- Non-carcinogenic hazard under reasonable maximum exposure scenario -- Non-carcinogenic hazard under average exposure scenario -- Probabilistic risk and hazard -- Conclusions, uncertainties, and recommendations. |