Public health hazards of Lurgi/Fischer-Tropsch coal liquefaction

Technical Report · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:6162134

Gasper, J R; Rosenberg, S E

This analysis identifies the public hazards of wastes from Lurgi/Fischer-Tropsch coal liquefaction. Because data on dose-response and synergism are not available for many of the waste chemicals from this process, we evaluated hazards with a relative risk approach. This approach employs two measures of hazards. First, body burdens that result from exposure to Lurgi/Fischer-Tropsch wastes are compared to body burdens from other sources of the same chemicals. Second ambient concentrations of pollutants from Lurgi/Fischer-Tropsch operations are projected and compared to various air and water quality standards.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 6162134
• Report Number(s): ANL/EES-TM-153; ON: DE82001617
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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