Municipal waste combustor emissions: Human exposure to mercury and dioxin

Conference · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:6337269

Travis, C C; Blaylock, B P

This paper evaluates anthropogenic sources of mercury and dioxin, surveys background concentrations, and estimates the extent and pathways of human exposure to these chemicals in the United States for the purpose of determining the greatest sources of mercury and dioxin in the environment, and proposing best estimates of background concentrations. In addition, we estimate average daily intake using a terrestrial food chain model, described in detail elsewhere[sup 7].

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 6337269
• Report Number(s): CONF-9304162-1; ON: DE93015980
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540120* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
560300 -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMBUSTION
COMBUSTION PRODUCTS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
DIOXIN
ELEMENTS
EMISSION
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE PATHWAY
EVALUATION
FISHES
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
HUMAN POPULATIONS
INCINERATORS
INDUSTRY
INGESTION
INTAKE
MERCURY
METALS
MUNICIPAL WASTES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
POLLUTION SOURCES
POPULATIONS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
VERTEBRATES
WASTES