Chemical Comparison of Weathered Spilled Oil and Exxon/Valdez Hold Oil from an Occupational Health Standpoint
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
On March 24, 1989, the oil tanker Exxon/Valdez ran aground on Bligh Reef located off the coast of Alaska, and 11 million gallons of Northslope Alaska crude oil were spilled into Prince William Sound. More than 11,000 workers and uncounted volunteers participated in the cleanup operation. The exposure of cleanup workers to spilled oil over several months of cleanup operations suggests the need for an assessment of any unusual occupational health hazards. To address this issue, weathered spilled oil and hold oil were subjected to biodirected chemical fractionation and target chemical analyses. Potential inhalation, ingestion, and dermal contact hazards were investigated. The characterization methods of the DOE/Office of Health and Environmental Research Synthetic Fuels Program were applied to samples related to the spill to permit inter-comparability with that data base.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE; National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400
- OSTI ID:
- 6054517
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-910659-6; ON: DE91009915
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 84. Annual Meeting and Exhibition of the Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA), Vancouver (Canada), 16-21 Jun 1991
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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02 PETROLEUM
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ALASKA
OIL SPILLS
PETROLEUM
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
HEALTH HAZARDS
BIOASSAY
CARCINOGENS
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE
FRACTIONATION
INGESTION
INHALATION
MUTAGEN SCREENING
MUTAGENS
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE
POLAR COMPOUNDS
RISK ASSESSMENT
SAMPLING
SKIN ABSORPTION
VOLATILE MATTER
WEATHERING
WORKING CONDITIONS
ABSORPTION
ENERGY SOURCES
FEDERAL REGION X
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
HAZARDS
INTAKE
MATTER
NORTH AMERICA
SCREENING
SEPARATION PROCESSES
UPTAKE
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