Superfund Risk Assessment in Soil Contamination Studies: Second VolumeA dozen papers from a symposium in Phoenix, Arizona, January 1995 provide researchers and practitioners with the current modifications of the EPA's basic methodology for assessing the health risk of releasing chemicals into the environment. They cover determining background concentrations, collectin |
Contents
BACKGROUND DETERMINATION OF ELEMENT AND ANTHROPOGENIC COMPOUNDS IN SOILS OF THE MARYLAND COASTAL PLAIN | 3 |
A CASE STUDY IN THE DETERMINATION OF BACKGROUND CONCENTRATIONS OF INORGANIC ANALYTES FOR RISK ASSESSMENT | 19 |
ASSESSING CHEMICAL DATA QUALITY FOR RISK ASSESSMENT THROUGH DATA VALIDATION | 35 |
IMPACT OF SOIL HETEROGENEITY ON MEASURING THE ATTAINMENT OF PCB CLEANUP STANDARDS | 44 |
DATA QUALITY OBJECTIVES FOR TWO RISK ASSESSMENTS AT HANFORD | 54 |
EVALUATION OF THE USE OF SUBSTITUTION METHODS TO REPRESENT NONDETECT DATA | 70 |
FAILURE OF EPAS IEUBK MODEL TO IDENTIFY CHILDREN AT RISK FROM LEAD EXPOSURE | 87 |
ESTIMATING THE DURATION AND FREQUENCY OF WORKER EXPOSURES TO SOIL AT US EPA REGION I SUPERFUND SITESAN ASSE... | 101 |
COMPARISON OF A LOGNORMAL AND NORMAL DISTRIBUTION IN CALCULATING CONCENTRATIONS FOR A SUPERFUND RISK ASS... | 118 |
BIOASSAYBASED RISK ASSESSMENT OF COMPLEX MIXTURES | 132 |
AN EVALUATION OF THE EFFECT OF SOME SOIL PROPERTIES ON ROOT UPTAKE OF FOUR METALS | 149 |
ESTIMATING RISK TO ECOLOGICAL RECEPTORS FROM CONTAMINATED SOIL AT SUPERFUND SITES | 159 |
SUMMARY | 197 |
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