Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Here’s how you know

Dot gov

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

HTTPS

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( Lock A locked padlock ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

  • Environmental Topics
  • Laws & Regulations
  • Report a Violation
  • About EPA
Risk Assessment
Contact Us

Ambient Air Sampling For Dioxins, Furans And Coplanar PCBs In An Urban Industrialized Corridor In Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

On this page:

  • Overview
  • History
  • Downloads
In response to reports of elevated dioxin concentrations in the blood of several people in southern Louisian and requests by local citizens and regulatory agencies, United States Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 and the Lousiana Department of Environmental Quality implemented an ambient air monitoring study for dioxins and dioxin-like compounds in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. Four sampling stations were selected based on air dispersion modeling used to predict the areas of greatest impact from surrounding industry, and one station was established as a control.

This paper reports on results from that study.
Gibbs, J.; hansen, M.; Ferrario, J. 2003. Ambient Air Sampling for Dioxins, Furans and Coplanar PCBs in an Urban Industrialized Corridor in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. Organohalogen Compounds 63.

History/Chronology

Additional Information

The full article is available in Downloads. Posting of the article approved by Ecoinforma Press, Jean-Paul-Str. 30, D-95444 Bayreuth. Fax: 49-021-54626. E-Mail: otto.hutzinger@uni-bayreth.de

Download(s)

  • Calcasieu Study (PDF)  (4  pp, 81.1 KB, about PDF)
  • Risk Assessment Home
  • About Risk Assessment
  • Risk Recent Additions
  • Human Health Risk Assessment
  • Ecological Risk Assessment
  • Risk Advanced Search
    • Risk Publications
  • Risk Assessment Guidance
  • Risk Tools and Databases
  • Superfund Risk Assessment
  • Where you live
Contact Us to ask a question, provide feedback, or report a problem.
Last updated on February 07, 2019
United States Environmental Protection Agency

Discover.

  • Accessibility Statement
  • Budget & Performance
  • Contracting
  • EPA www Web Snapshots
  • Grants
  • No FEAR Act Data
  • Privacy
  • Privacy and Security Notice

Connect.

  • Data
  • Inspector General
  • Jobs
  • Newsroom
  • Open Government
  • Regulations.gov
  • Subscribe
  • USA.gov
  • White House

Ask.

  • Contact EPA
  • EPA Disclaimers
  • Hotlines
  • FOIA Requests
  • Frequent Questions

Follow.