A Deterministic Method for Deriving Site-Specific Human Health Assessment Criteria for Contaminants in Soil

Autor:	Caroline McCaffrey, C. Paul Nathanail, Andrew G. Gillett, Richard Ogden, Naomi Earl, Neil D. Foster
Rok vydání:	2005
Předmět:	Chronic exposure Pollutant Land use business.industry Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Ecological Modeling Environmental engineering Contamination Pollution Allotment Human health Environmental science Deterministic method business Risk management
Zdroj:	Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal. 11:389-410
ISSN:	1549-7860 1080-7039
Popis:	A method for deriving Site-Specific Assessment Criteria (SSAC) for use when considering risk to human health from chronic exposure to heavy metals (except lead), metalloids, and organic substances in soil, with application to the United Kingdom (UK), is described. The SSAC represents the soil concentration above which an unacceptable risk to human health may be indicated. The method considers the UK standard land uses (residential with and without plant uptake, allotment gardens, and commercial/industrial) by applying the default exposure factors and algorithms provided. Non-standard land uses can be also considered. Site-specific determinations of contaminant bioaccessibility or of plant-to-soil concentration factors may be used if available. The method adopts the risk-based source-pathway-receptor pollutant linkage framework and a deterministic methodology. Exposure pathways considered are direct ingestion of soil and dust, consumption of home grown or allotment vegetables, ingestion of soil at...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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