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Oral Reference Dose for Perfluorohexanoic Acid
Prompted by health concerns, industry phased out long-chain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), replacing them with short-chain PFAS for their...
Residual Ecological Risk Assessment to Support Landfill Feasibility Study
As part of a feasibility study for a former landfill in New Jersey, we were asked to evaluate the ecological...
Decommissioning Oil Platforms—An Ecosystems Services Approach
Decommissioning aging oil platforms at sea requires complex engineering to safely remove structure and equipment. While advanced treatment technologies now...
Integral Presents on Use of Acoustics to Track Munitions and a New Approach to Assessing Coastal Hazards
With approximately two-thirds of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) installations facing a significant risk from flooding and coastal hazards such...
Blackwell Zinc Site – Groundwater Remediation
A former zinc smelter operating from 1916 to 1974 released zinc and cadmium sulfate solutions to the surficial alluvial aquifer...
Alaska LNG Sediment Modeling
Alaska LNG has proposed constructing a pipeline from the North Slope to Cook Inlet that would deliver natural gas for...
Pesticides, Products, and Firefighting Foams: Integral Presents on Risk at SETAC
Integral Consulting scientists are sharing the results of studies and new approaches for risk assessment at the 40th annual meeting...
Spooked about Chemicals? Paul DeLeo Explores Trends in TSCA Assessment on Oct. 31
Not all chemicals are frightening. As part of the amended Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), potential health impacts from exposure...
PFAS Remedial Strategies—Avram Frankel Chairs Panel at AEHS
Are there better ways to treat or mitigate PFAS—those fluorinated, organic substances that are of increasing public and regulatory concern?...
Ferries for Science: Using WSDOT Ferries to Observe Tidal Currents
ADCP installed on the MV Salish In Washington’s Puget Sound, scientists are conducting long-term monitoring of currents to improve navigation...
Climate Change and NRD: Jennifer Sampson to Serve on Panel
On July 19, Jennifer Sampson will join a panel discussion at the 12th Annual Santa Fe Advanced Conference on Litigating...
A Whale of a Monitoring Study and an Acoustic Tool that Could Help Offshore Energy
Protecting whales and other marine mammals from the potential effects of sound is critical to developing new energy resources. Whether...
Groundwater Flow and Transport Model of Pentachlorophenol Plume Attenuation: Oregon
Pentachlorophenol (PCP) treatment was used at a sawmill from the early 1960s to mid-1980s. A PCP soil source was remediated...
What Are the Latest PFAS Risk and Policy Developments? Janet Anderson Delivers Keynote
Janet Anderson, Ph.D., DABT, of Integral Consulting will deliver the keynote speech on “Chemistry, Risk, and Public Policy: Emerging Concerns...
Douglas Harbor Dredging: Alaska
In Douglas Harbor, Alaska, a planned harbor renovation required dredging and placement of approximately 30,000 cubic yards of mercury-contaminated sediment...
PFAS Detected in Drinking Water Supply
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) were detected in a potable water supply well. Meanwhile, the regulatory agency was contemplating drinking...
Announcing: Interactive Applications—What Can Your Data Tell You?
Our analytics team works to clearly communicate scientific results, design plans, and strategies through the use of innovative and engaging...
Development of Regulatory Toxicity Criteria for Lindane and Isomers
Although lindane is no longer produced or used agriculturally in the United States, exposure to hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) isomers is of...
Risk Assessment for PCBs in Soils at a Ranch
PCBs originating from a former gas plant had contaminated a nearby cattle ranch in rural Texas. The State of Texas...
Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study at San Jacinto River Waste Pits Superfund Site: Texas
In 2009, the San Jacinto River Waste Pits RI/FS was initiated to address dioxins and furans associated with wastes from...
Former DDT Manufacturing Facility Site Investigation: Oregon
DDT and related chemicals from historical pesticide manufacturing and other sources were found in river sediments at the Portland Harbor...