Tag: sediment
PAHs in the Real World: A Brief History of PAHs in the Environment & Regulation Based on Advocacy Research
Want to learn more about PAHs? Here's a place to start.
Post-Publication Peer Review: Synthetic bioretention systems that mimic soil/sediment runoff filtration remove almost all PAHs in runoff and eliminate almost all toxicity
In August 2015, during the course of giving her standard presentation on the evils of RTS on a webinar sponsored...
Post Publication Review: Did Austin’s RTS Ban Result in a Decline in PAH Concentrations in Lady Bird Lake Sediments?
In 2014, Van Metre & Mahler published a paper in the journal Environmental Science & Technology (ES&T) claiming...
PCTC Documents Flawed Methodology of USGS Austin Study, Asks Journal for Retraction
After years of waiting for the USGS to "do the right thing" by addressing its flawed science, which...
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Suppressed Report by its Environmental Science Contractor
As supporting information for a presentation at SETAC 2015 on White Hat Bias, this post includes a link...
PCTC’s Data Quality Act Submissions – Where are They Now?
September 12, 2015 – In May, 2013, PCTC submitted its first Data Quality Act (DQA, also known as...
Report on PAHs in Sediments before RTS was banned in Austin, TX
Updating and repairing links in old posts brings to mind the saga of PCTC's last decade. For reasons not clear...
Are PAHs in Sediments a Potential Health Risk?
First thing to know is that PAHs are virtually insoluble in water. That’s why the focus is on...
PCTC’s Separate Comments on EPA IRIS Draft Benzo(a)Pyrene Assessment
In November 2013, PCTC joined 6 other organizations to review and comment on EPA's public review draft of...
Amherst 2013: Parsing Pyrogenic PAHs— Urban Background or Refined Tar Products?
Pietari, J., Ahn, S., O’Reilly, K. and Boehm, P. (2013) Parsing Pyrogenic PAHs— Urban Background or Refined Tar...