Evaluation of the U.S. EPA/OSWER Preliminary Remediation Goal for Perchlorate in Groundwater: Focus on Exposure to Nursing Infants | Zendy

Gary L. Ginsberg | Zendy; Dale Hattis | Zendy; R. Thomas Zoeller | Zendy; Deborah C. Rice | Zendy

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Evaluation of the U.S. EPA/OSWER Preliminary Remediation Goal for Perchlorate in Groundwater: Focus on Exposure to Nursing Infants

Author(s) -

Gary L. Ginsberg,

Dale Hattis,

R. Thomas Zoeller,

Deborah C. Rice

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

environmental health perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257

H-Index - 282

eISSN - 1552-9924

pISSN - 0091-6765

DOI - 10.1289/ehp.9533

Subject(s) - environmental remediation , groundwater , environmental science , perchlorate , focus (optics) , environmental health , environmental chemistry , water resource management , environmental planning , medicine , contamination , chemistry , engineering , biology , ecology , ion , physics , geotechnical engineering , organic chemistry , optics

Perchlorate is a common contaminant of drinking water and food. It competes with iodide for uptake into the thyroid, thus interfering with thyroid hormone production. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER) set a groundwater preliminary remediation goal (PRG) of 24.5 microg/L to prevent exposure of pregnant women that would affect the fetus. This does not account for the greater exposure that is possible in nursing infants or for the relative source contribution (RSC), a factor normally used to lower the PRG due to nonwater exposures.

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