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Title: Curation of a list of chemicals in biosolids from EPA National Sewage Sludge Surveys & Biennial Review Reports

Journal Article · · Scientific Data
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  1. Oak Ridge Inst. for Science and Education (ORISE), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); OSTI
  2. US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Washington, DC (United States); US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA), Washington, DC (United States)
  3. US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Washington, DC (United States)
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Section 405(d) of the Clean Water Act requires the US Environmental Protection Agency to review sewage sludge regulations every two years to identify any additional pollutants that may occur in biosolids and to set regulations for pollutants identified in biosolids if sufficient scientific evidence shows they may harm human health or the environment. To date, EPA has conducted eight biennial reviews to identify chemical and microbial pollutants and three national sewage sludge surveys to identify pollutants and obtain concentration data for chemicals found in biosolids. Prior to 2021, there was inconsistent reporting of chemicals identified and EPA did not cumulatively track chemicals in biosolids. Through the efforts presented here, EPA produced a list of 726 chemicals and structure-based classes found in biosolids based on biennial reviews and national sewage sludge surveys. Summary statistics of concentration data are also reported for the 484 chemicals found in the three national sewage sludge surveys. The creation of the Biosolids List supports EPA in assessing the potential risk of chemical pollutants found in biosolids.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge Inst. for Science and Education (ORISE), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0014664
OSTI ID:
1905045
Journal Information:
Scientific Data, Journal Name: Scientific Data Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 9; ISSN 2052-4463
Publisher:
Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (7)

Curation of a complete list of chemicals found in biosolids from EPA National Sewage Sludge Surveys and Biennial Review Reports dataset January 2022
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Enabling High-Throughput Searches for Multiple Chemical Data Using the U.S.-EPA CompTox Chemicals Dashboard journal January 2021
InChI, the IUPAC International Chemical Identifier journal May 2015
The CompTox Chemistry Dashboard: a community data resource for environmental chemistry journal November 2017
Curation of a complete list of chemicals found in biosolids from EPA National Sewage Sludge Surveys and Biennial Review Reports dataset January 2022
The CompTox Chemistry Dashboard: a community data resource for environmental chemistry collection January 2017

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