Mercury study report to Congress. Volume 3. Fate and transport of mercury in the environment
This volume of the Report presents an assessment of exposure to emitted mercury from both inhalation and ingestion routes. Estimates of the impact of ambient emission on exposure to mercury are based on modeling and on measured data on human fish and shellfish consumption combined with mercury concentration data. Modeling includes long-range transport analysis (Regional Lagrangian Model of Air Pollution), analysis of local-scale fate of atmospheric mercury, and assessment of watershed fate and transport. These models are used to predict mercury exposure in fish-eating birds and mammals, as well as in various hypothetical human populations. Appendices provide particulars on the models, describe model parameters, justifications.
- Research Organization:
- Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC (United States). Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
- Sponsoring Organization:
- EPA
- OSTI ID:
- 575114
- Report Number(s):
- PB--98-124753/XAB; EPA--452/R-97/005
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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