Screening level assessment of risks due to dioxin emissions from burning oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon Gulf of Mexico spill

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 9383-9389

  Schaum, John ^a   Cohen, Mark ^b   Perry, Steven ^a   Artz, Richard ^b   Draxler, Roland ^b   Frithsen, Jeffrey B ^a   Heist, David ^a   Lorber, Matthew ^a   Phillips, Linda ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONCENTRATIONS; CANCER RISK; DEEPWATER; DIOXIN EMISSIONS; EMISSION FACTORS; FISH CONSUMPTION; GULF OF MEXICO; HYSPLIT MODEL; IN-SITU; INHALATION EXPOSURE; SCREENING LEVEL; U.S. COAST GUARDS; UPPER BOUND;

ESTIMATION; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

RISK PERCEPTION;

DIOXIN; OIL;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BURNING; CANCER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEEP WATER; DIOXIN; EMISSION INVENTORY; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OIL SPILL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CANCER RISK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD INTAKE; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR MOVEMENTS; ANIMALS; BENZOFURANS; CHEMICAL HAZARD RELEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; FISHES; HUMANS; INCINERATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; PETROLEUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650294521     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es103559w     Document Type: Article

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