| Title: | Improved exposure estimation in soil screening and cleanup criteria for volatile organic chemicals |
| Address: | "Shell Global Solution US Inc, Shell Technology Center Houston, Houston, Texas" |
| Journal Title: | Integr Environ Assess Manag |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1551-3793 (Electronic) 1551-3777 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Soil cleanup criteria define acceptable concentrations of organic chemical constituents for exposed humans. These criteria sum the estimated soil exposure over multiple pathways. Assumptions for ingestion, dermal contact, and dust exposure generally presume a chemical persists in surface soils at a constant concentration level for the entire exposure duration. For volatile chemicals, this is an unrealistic assumption. A calculation method is presented for surficial soil criteria that include volatile depletion of chemical for these uptake pathways. The depletion estimates compare favorably with measured concentration profiles and with field measurements of soil concentration. Corresponding volatilization estimates compare favorably with measured data for a wide range of volatile and semivolatile chemicals, including instances with and without the presence of a mixed-chemical residual phase. Selected examples show application of the revised factors in estimating screening levels for benzene in surficial soils. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2017;13:861-869. (c) 2017 The Authors. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of Society of Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry (SETAC)" |
| Keywords: | Environmental Exposure/analysis/*statistics & numerical data Humans Risk Assessment Soil/chemistry Soil Pollutants/*analysis Volatile Organic Compounds/*analysis Soil cleanup criteria Soil screening levels Surface soils Volatile organic chemicals; |
| Notes: | "MedlineDeVaull, George E eng 2017/02/19 Integr Environ Assess Manag. 2017 Sep; 13(5):861-869. doi: 10.1002/ieam.1917. Epub 2017 Apr 5" |
