A Critical Review of the U.S. EPA's Risk Assessment for the Land Application of Sewage Sludge

2011 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer M. J. Mathney
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Sewage Sludge ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
Land Application ◽  
The U.S

Have Risks Associated with the Presence of Synthetic Organic Contaminants in Land-Applied Sewage Sludges Been Adequately Assessed?

2003 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 371-386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert C. Hale ◽  
Mark J. La Guardia
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Sewage Sludge ◽  
Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers ◽  
Organic Contaminants ◽  
The United States ◽  
Land Application ◽  
Sludge Disposal ◽  
Diphenyl Ethers ◽  
High Concentrations

Land application has become the dominant means for sewage sludge disposal in the United States. In 1993, the EPA concluded that synthetic organics therein posed an insignificant risk, based on the results of the 1988 National Sewage Sludge Survey, the view that most persistent organics are no longer in commerce and that industrial pretreatment further reduces their release to municipal treatment plants. However, we detected high concentrations of several problematic compounds in biosolids that were overlooked in the risk assessment, including persistent, bioaccumulative polybrominated diphenyl ethers and estrogenic nonylphenols. These results and other findings call into question the assessment's certainty.

Optimizing Screening and Risk Assessment for Suicide Risk in the U.S. Military

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Joiner ◽  
Ingrid C. Lim ◽  
Ted Bender
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Suicide Risk ◽  
The U.S

scholarly journals Risk assessment of Escherichia coli in bioaerosols generated following land application of farmyard slurry

2021 ◽  
Vol 791 ◽  
pp. 148189
Author(s):  
Rajat Nag ◽  
Ciaran Monahan ◽  
Paul Whyte ◽  
Bryan K. Markey ◽  
Vincent O'Flaherty ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Land Application
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