Environmental profiles and hazard indices for constituents of municipal sludge: DDT/DDE/DDD. Final report

Technical Report · Sat Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1985

OSTI ID:5619302

The document is one of a series of preliminary assessments dealing with chemicals of potential concern in municipal sewage sludge. The purpose of these documents is to: (1) summarize the available data for the constituents of potential concern; (2) identify the key environmental pathways for each constituent related to a reuse and disposal option (based on hazard indices); and (3) evaluate the conditions under which such a pollutant may pose a hazard. Each document provides a scientific basis for making an initial determination of whether a pollutant, at levels currently observed in sludges, poses a likely hazard to human health or the environment when sludge is disposed of by any of several methods. The methods include landspreading on food chain or nonfood chain crops, distribution and marketing programs, landfilling, incineration and ocean disposal.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Water Regulations and Standards
• OSTI ID: 5619302
• Report Number(s): PB-92-150408/XAB
• Resource Relation: Other Information: See also PB92-123009
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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