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The application of the carcinogenic hazardous property assessment to oil contaminated dredging waste
Author(s) -
Jackson Karen,
Nathanail Paul
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
water and environment journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1747-6593
pISSN - 1747-6585
DOI - 10.1111/wej.12445
Subject(s) - hazardous waste , environmental science , contamination , dredging , oil spill , waste management , pyrene , environmental chemistry , environmental engineering , chemistry , geology , engineering , ecology , oceanography , organic chemistry , biology
The carcinogenic hazardous property assessment for oil contaminated waste is inappropriate when applied to canal and river dredgings. The presence of polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) derived from non‐oil sources means that Benzo(a)Pyrene concentrations cannot be assumed to be markers for the carcinogenicity of any oil contaminants present. Canal dredgings can be suitable for use in a residential without homegrown produce land use whilst also being classified as ‘carcinogenic’ waste. A revision of the basis on which waste is classified as hazardous or non‐hazardous is needed, at least for canal and river dredgings which may contain PAH from several pyrogenic and petrogenic sources. Such a basis could simply refer to a concentration of PAH or individual congeners reflecting risk‐based assessment criteria.