ESTIMATION OF MULTIMEDIA EXPOSURES RELATED TO HAZARDOUS WASTE FACILITIES

Abstract

Soil contamination often results from improper land disposal, storage, treatment, and spills of hazardous waste in liquid or solid form. In order to properly address the levels of pollutants up to which contaminated soil needs to be cleaned, it is necessary to estimate the magnitude of human exposure for each likely exposure pathway. The procedure developed for estimating the level of pollutant cleanup from soil relates to (1) identification of exposure pathways, (2) exposure assessment to estimate pollutant intakes by humans from each pathway, and (3) the use of health effects data to estimate the acceptable exposure levels.

Citation

Hwang, S. AND J. Falco. ESTIMATION OF MULTIMEDIA EXPOSURES RELATED TO HAZARDOUS WASTE FACILITIES. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/D-87/340 (NTIS PB88132923).

Additional Information

Pub. in Conference Proceedings, Workshop on Pollutant Transport and Accumulation in a Multimedia Environment, p229-264 1986.

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