Risk Assessment for Petroleum Contamination Exposure in Groundwater

This paper presents a human health risk assessment approach based on fuzzy transport simulation (HHRA-FTS) to create the response relationships between contaminants transport and human health. Compared to the conventional methods, HHRA-FTS employs the fuzzy transport simulation to model the concentration and fate of contaminants, and takes into account different exposure pathways of pollutions in risk assessment. It has the advantage of avoiding miscalculation of results in terms of giving an interval values for the concentration of contamination by the fuzzy simulation. The HHRA-FTS approach is applied to a real-world PH-contaminated groundwater system in Pinggu County, located in northwest of Beijing, China, for demonstration studies.

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Lead from mining and mineral processing activities to the community via the air-dust pathway: An example from Mount Isa city using human health risk assessment approach

10.14264/uql.2017.153 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Jiajia Zheng

Keyword(s):

Risk Assessment ◽

Health Risk ◽

Human Health ◽

Health Risk Assessment ◽

Human Health Risk ◽

Mineral Processing ◽

Human Health Risk Assessment ◽

Mount Isa ◽

Assessment Approach

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Human Health Risk Assessment Approach for Urban Park Development

Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology ◽

10.2478/10004-1254-59-2008-1882 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 59 (3) ◽

pp. 213-221 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Lalita Bharadwaj ◽

Ray Machibroda

Keyword(s):

Risk Assessment ◽

Health Risk ◽

Human Health ◽

Health Risk Assessment ◽

Human Health Risk ◽

Human Health Risk Assessment ◽

Construction Workers ◽

Urban Park ◽

Assessment Approach ◽

Canadian Council

Human Health Risk Assessment Approach for Urban Park DevelopmentA Human Health Risk Assessment (HHRA) was undertaken for a proposed park development "River Landing", to be constructed along the north bank of the South Saskatchewan River in the City of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. The purpose of the HHRA was to determine whether chemical constituents identified at the site, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), petroleum hydrocarbons (PHCs), and toxic and heavy metals, would adversely affect the health of construction workers and potential park users. Although more traditional remediation options were considered, the risk assessment approach was chosen since it represented the best available technology. The HHRA was undertaken using protocols and methodologies proposed and readily accepted by the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME), Health Canada, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA). Results of the risk assessment revealed that the magnitude and distribution of the chemicals at the site were such that extensive remediation was not required, and that the site could be developed without any significant restrictions on the proposed use. The assessment revealed that potential exposure to soil constituents would not result in adverse health risk to construction workers involved in park development or future park users.

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