The Cornerstone to Successful Environmental Projects – January 24, 2024 A conceptual site model (CSM) is foundational to both designing and implementing remedial actions. Too often, a CSM is developed during the remedial investigation and remains a static...
The Benthic Zone newsletter is the place where Integral scientists and engineers share their expertise, running the gamut of topics related to investigation, forensic evaluation, modeling, and remediation of contaminated sediment. Take a look under the water with us. ...
Poster presented at RemTEC & Emerging Contaminant Summit, October 3–5, 2023, Westminster, California Contaminants such as mercury and PCBs accumulated in aquatic environments pose potential risks to humans and wildlife. Mitigation within dynamic aquatic settings,...
Why Recording Vertical Location in Elevation Is Preferable to Depth Introduction Contaminated sediment sites are complex systems with spatially and temporally variable conditions. Sediment sampling and bathymetric surveys are two common methods used to characterize...
Poster presented at AEHS West Conference, March 20–23, 2023, San Diego, California In 2021, a daycare center serving a disadvantaged community in Oakland, California was closed due to concerns about potentially unsafe levels of volatile organic compounds in the...
Additional contribution by Debbie Deetz Silva (EVRAZ Inc. NA) Poster presented at Battelle Sediments Conference, Jan 9-12, 2023, Austin, Texas Background/Objectives Site-specific historical documentation is not always available to inform conceptual site models. The...
Poster presented at Battelle Sediments Conference, Jan 9-12, 2023, Austin, Texas Background/Objectives The physical dynamics of a contaminated sediment site govern the dispersal and transport of contaminants, the stability of sediments over time, and the efficacy of...
Powerful Data to Support Chemical Safety and Causation Analyses The new mammalian toxicokinetics database MamTKDB 1.0, covering 4,013 entries on 1,407 unique chemicals, was created by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) and the European Chemicals Agency...
Abstract Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, a synthetic class of chemicals comprising thousands of compounds, are receiving increased attention over their presence in the environment, their potential effects on human health, and evolving regulation. This article...