Journal article
Estimates of Inhalation Exposures to Oil-Related Components on the Supporting Vessels During the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Annals of work exposures and health, v 66(Suppl 1), pp i111-i123
01 Apr 2021
PMID: 33791771
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Abstract
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill response and clean-up (OSRC) involved over 9000 large and small vessels deployed in waters of the Gulf of Mexico across four states (Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi). For the GuLF STUDY, we developed exposure estimates of oil-related components for many work groups to capture a wide range of OSRC operations on these vessels, such as supporting the four rig vessels charged with stopping the spill at the wellhead; skimming oil; in situ burning of oil; absorbing and containing oil by boom; and environmental monitoring. Work groups were developed by: (i) vessel activity; (ii) location (area of the Gulf or state); and (iii) time period. Using Bayesian methods, we computed exposure estimates for these groups for: total hydrocarbons measured as total petroleum hydrocarbons (THC), benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene, and n-hexane (BTEX-H). Estimates of the arithmetic means for THC ranged from 0.10 ppm [95% credible interval (CI) 0.04, 0.38 ppm] in time periods 2 and 3 (16 July-30 September 2010) to 15.06 ppm (95% CI 10.74, 22.41 ppm) in time period 1a (22 April-15 May 2010). BTEX-H estimates were substantially lower (in the parts per billion range). Exposure levels generally fell over time and differed statistically by activity, location, and time for some groups. These exposure estimates have been used to develop job-exposure matrices for the GuLF STUDY.
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- Title
- Estimates of Inhalation Exposures to Oil-Related Components on the Supporting Vessels During the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
- Creators
- Tran B. Huynh - Drexel UniversityCaroline P. Groth - West Virginia UniversityGurumurthy Ramachandran - Bloomberg (United States)Sudipto Banerjee - University of California, Los AngelesMark Stenzel - Product Innovation and Engineering (United States) (United States, Saint James) - LLCAaron Blair - National Cancer InstituteDale P. Sandler - National Institute of Environmental Health SciencesLawrence S. Engel - National Institute of Environmental Health SciencesRichard K. Kwok - National Institute of Environmental Health SciencesPatricia A. Stewart - Product Innovation and Engineering (United States) (United States, Saint James) - LLC
- Publication Details
- Annals of work exposures and health, v 66(Suppl 1), pp i111-i123
- Publisher
- Oxford Univ Press
- Number of pages
- 13
- Grant note
- ZIA ES102945 / National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS); United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) NIH/NIEHS 1R01ES027027-01; NIH/NIEHS R01ES030210-01 / NIH; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA K01OH011191 / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health; United States Department of Health & Human Services; Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - USA; National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH) NSF DMS1513654; NSF IIS-1562303 / National Science Foundation (NSF); National Research Foundation of Korea
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Environmental and Occupational Health
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000755474900001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85124169932
- Other Identifier
- 991019330800604721
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