EVALUATING ECOLOGICAL RISK TO INVERTEBRATE RECEPTORS FROM PAHS I...

Courtesy Recent Science Inventory records from the EPA  Tue, 06/30/2009 - 09:34

In March 2004, ORD?s Ecological Risk Assessment Support Center (ERASC) received a request from the Ecological Risk Assessment Forum (ERAF) relating to the evaluation of ecological risk to vertebrate and benthic invertebrate receptors from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compounds (PAHs) in sediment at hazardous waste sites.

The External Review Draft addressing this request provides an overview of an approach for assessing risk to invertebrate receptors resulting from exposure to PAHs in contaminated sediments.

[Reaching a consensus scientific position on vertebrate risk...

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