Health-Based Screening Levels and their Application to Water-Quality Data
Fact Sheet
2005-3059
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Abstract
To supplement existing Federal drinking-water standards and guidelines, thereby providing a basis for a more comprehensive evaluation of contaminant-occurrence data in a human-health context, USGS began a collaborative project in 1998 with USEPA, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, and the Oregon Health & Science University to calculate non-enforceable health-based screening levels. Screening levels were calculated for contaminants that do not have Maximum Contaminant Level values using a consensus approach that entailed (1) standard USEPA Office of Water methodologies (equations) for establishing Lifetime Health Advisory (LHA) and Risk-Specific Dose (RSD) values for the protection of human health, and (2) existing USEPA human-health toxicity information.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Health-Based Screening Levels and their Application to Water-Quality Data |
| Series title | Fact Sheet |
| Series number | 2005-3059 |
| DOI | 10.3133/fs20053059 |
| Edition | - |
| Year Published | 2005 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
| Contributing office(s) | National Water Quality Assessment Program |
| Description | 2 p. |
| Google Analytic Metrics | Metrics page |