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

Authors: Jackson, Daniel; Huang, Meng; Fernando, Harshica; Ansari, Ghulam; Howarth, Marilyn; Mesaros, Clementina; Penning, Trevor; Elferink, Cornelis

Published In New Solut, (2019 02)

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.

PubMed ID: 30798701 Exiting the NIEHS site

MeSH Terms: Disasters*; Environmental Health*; Environmental Monitoring/methods*; Food Safety; Gulf of Mexico; Petroleum Pollution/adverse effects*; Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons/isolation & purification; Risk Assessment; Seafood/toxicity; United States; Water Pollutants, Chemical/adverse effects*

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