Estimates of Inhalation Exposures among Land Workers during the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Clean-up Operations. (9th August 2021)
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- Journal Article
- Title:
- Estimates of Inhalation Exposures among Land Workers during the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Clean-up Operations. (9th August 2021)
- Main Title:
- Estimates of Inhalation Exposures among Land Workers during the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Clean-up Operations
- Authors:
- Huynh, Tran B
Groth, Caroline P
Ramachandran, Gurumurthy
Banerjee, Sudipto
Stenzel, Mark
Blair, Aaron
Sandler, Dale P
Engel, Lawrence S
Kwok, Richard K
Stewart, Patricia A - Abstract:
- Abstract: Following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster, thousands of workers and volunteers cleaned the shoreline across four coastal states of the Gulf of Mexico. For the GuLF STUDY, we developed quantitative estimates of oil-related chemical exposures [total petroleum hydrocarbons (THC), benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene, and n -hexane (BTEX-H)] from personal measurements on workers performing various spill clean-up operations on land. These operations included decontamination of vessels, equipment, booms, and personnel; handling of oily booms; hazardous waste management; beach, marsh, and jetty clean-up; aerial missions; wildlife rescue and rehabilitation; and administrative support activities. Exposure estimates were developed for unique groups of workers by (i) activity, (ii) state, and (iii) time period. Estimates of the arithmetic means (AMs) for THC ranged from 0.04 to 3.67 ppm. BTEX-H estimates were substantially lower than THC (in the parts per billion range). Both THC and BTEX-H estimates were substantially lower than their respective occupational exposure limits. The work group, 'Fueled engines' consistently was one of the higher exposed groups to THC and BTEX-H. Notable differences in the AM exposures were observed by activity, time and, to a lesser degree, by state. These exposure estimates were used to develop job-exposure matrices for the GuLF STUDY.
- Is Part Of:
- Annals of work exposures and health. Volume 66(2022) supplement 1
- Journal:
- Annals of work exposures and health
- Issue:
- Volume 66(2022) supplement 1
- Issue Display:
- Volume 66, Issue 1 (2022)
- Year:
- 2022
- Volume:
- 66
- Issue:
- 1
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2022-0066-0001-0000
- Page Start:
- i124
- Page End:
- i139
- Publication Date:
- 2021-08-09
- Subjects:
- Bayesian methods -- BTEX -- Deepwater Horizon -- hexane -- oil spill -- total hydrocarbons
Medicine, Industrial -- Periodicals
Industrial hygiene -- Periodicals
613.6205 - Journal URLs:
- https://academic.oup.com/annweh/issue ↗
http://www.oxfordjournals.org/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1093/annweh/wxab028 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 2398-7316
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