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Title: Health risks associated with ingesting venison from a uranium enrichment facility with multiple operable units

Abstract

Ingestion of game, including venison, may be a significant exposure pathway in human health risk assessments at hazardous waste sites. The difficulty associated with modeling contaminant tissue concentrations in a wide-ranging herbivorous mammal is compounded when the home range of the mammal extends over multiple operable units (OUs) of varying size and media contaminant concentration. Using biotransfer factors extracted from the literature and species-specific parameter information (e.g., home range size, diet, forage and water ingestion rates) the authors estimate contaminant concentrations in venison based on soil and surface water contaminant concentrations and determine the contribution of individual OUs to modeled venison tissue concentrations. Estimated tissue concentrations are calculated through the use of site foraging factors (SFFS) that adjust exposure contributions from individual OUs to account for the size of the OU in relation to the animals home range. The authors then use the venison tissue concentrations to estimate human health risk associated with ingesting venison under both a current and future exposure scenario.

Authors:
;  [1]
  1. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States). Center for Risk Management
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
225188
Report Number(s):
CONF-9511137-
ISBN 1-880611-03-1; TRN: IM9621%%118
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: 2. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) world conference, Vancouver (Canada), 5-9 Nov 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Second SETAC world congress (16. annual meeting): Abstract book. Global environmental protection: Science, politics, and common sense; PB: 378 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
56 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, APPLIED STUDIES; FOOD CHAINS; CONTAMINATION; DEER; RADIOISOTOPES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE PATHWAY

Citation Formats

Duncan, J, and Welsh, C. Health risks associated with ingesting venison from a uranium enrichment facility with multiple operable units. United States: N. p., 1995. Web.
Duncan, J, & Welsh, C. Health risks associated with ingesting venison from a uranium enrichment facility with multiple operable units. United States.
Duncan, J, and Welsh, C. 1995. "Health risks associated with ingesting venison from a uranium enrichment facility with multiple operable units". United States.
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abstractNote = {Ingestion of game, including venison, may be a significant exposure pathway in human health risk assessments at hazardous waste sites. The difficulty associated with modeling contaminant tissue concentrations in a wide-ranging herbivorous mammal is compounded when the home range of the mammal extends over multiple operable units (OUs) of varying size and media contaminant concentration. Using biotransfer factors extracted from the literature and species-specific parameter information (e.g., home range size, diet, forage and water ingestion rates) the authors estimate contaminant concentrations in venison based on soil and surface water contaminant concentrations and determine the contribution of individual OUs to modeled venison tissue concentrations. Estimated tissue concentrations are calculated through the use of site foraging factors (SFFS) that adjust exposure contributions from individual OUs to account for the size of the OU in relation to the animals home range. The authors then use the venison tissue concentrations to estimate human health risk associated with ingesting venison under both a current and future exposure scenario.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Sun Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1995},
month = {Sun Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1995}
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