Using Precision Environmental Health Principles in Risk Evaluation and Communication of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Overview

Journal New Solut

Publisher Sage Publications

Specialties Environmental Health
Occupational Medicine

Date 2019 Feb 26

PMID 30798701

Citations 2

Authors

Daniel Jackson

Meng Huang

Harshica Fernando

Ghulam Ansari

Marilyn Howarth

Clementina Mesaros

Trevor Penning

Cornelis Elferink

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Abstract

This article provides a description of the rationale and processes adopted by the Gulf Coast Health Alliance: Health Risks related to the Macondo Spill consortium to evaluate and communicate the risk of exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in seafood over several years following the Deepwater Horizon disaster and subsequent oil spill. We examined gaps in knowledge associated with PAH toxicity following exposure to petrogenic (oil-derived) PAHs by studying the metabolic fate of PAHs and their potential toxicity using sophisticated analytical methods. Using the data generated, we developed a risk communication strategy designed to meet the needs of the stakeholder communities including a consumption guideline calculator, a web-based tool to reconcile seafood consumption with risk of adverse health effects.

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