Update for Chapter 5 of the Exposure Factors Handbook: Soil and Dust Ingestion

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 09/2017 This 100-page updated document includes new information on soil and dust ingestion that has become available since the Exposure Factors Handbook: 2011 Edition was released. The recommended values have also been revised, as needed, to reflect the new information. This chapter explains the concepts of soil and dust ingestion, soil pica, and geophagy; defines these terms for the purpose of the handbook ' s exposure factors; and presents available data from the literature on the amount of soil and dust ingested. (PDF)

Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - October 17, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news