Health Risk Assessment of an Industrial Site Contaminated With Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Using CalTOX, an Environmental Fate/Exposure Model
作者:
S. Loranger,
Y. Courchesne,
期刊:
SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research
(Taylor Available online 1997)
卷期:
Volume 6,
issue 1-2
页码: 81-104
ISSN:1062-936X
年代: 1997
DOI:10.1080/10629369708031726
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
关键词: Environmental fate model;human exposure;risk assessment;PAHs;sensitivity analysis;uncertainty analysis
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
This paper presents the results of a risk assessment study made using CalTOX, a multimedia, multiple pathway risk assessment model. The case study is based on the Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) soil contamination resulting from the activities of a natural gas power station over a period of 70 years. It describes model characteristics and input parameters such as physico-chemical properties, landscape description, and human exposure factors. Model simulations and risk estimations corresponding to different remedial scenarios in an industrial zone are also presented. These estimations were based on soil contamination by 16 PAHs in the root-zone and vadose-zone layer. Results show that adult exposure (workers) to contaminated soil will lead to a potential health risk of carcinogenic effects, and to no potential risk of non-carcinogenic effects. On the other hand, the addition of 10 cm of clean soil over the contaminated soil (mitigated scenario) decreases the lifetime cancer risk to an acceptable level. The sensitivity analysis showed that the half-life of benzo[a]pyrene in the root-zone soil is the most sensitive parameter and that it contributes significantly to the variability of the cancer risk estimation. In addition, the cancer risk level of the workers exposed to this substance, as estimated by CalTOX (point estimate) in the mitigated and unmitigated scenario, corresponds approximately to the 95th percentile value obtained by means of Monte-Carlo simulations. Finally, CalTOX has proven to be a valuable tool to predict and elaborate scenarios for the risk management of sites contaminated as a result of industrial activities.
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