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ArticleNew solutions : a journal of environmental and occupational health policy : NS2018

Ambient Air Exposure to PCBs: Regulation and Monitoring at Five Contaminated Sites in EPA Regions 1, 2, 4, and 5.

Komal Basra, Madeleine K Scammell, Eugene B Benson, Wendy Heiger-Bernays

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Article in New solutions : a journal of environmental and occupational health policy : NS, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 36% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Komal Basra1 Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Madeleine K Scammell1 Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Eugene B Benson1 Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Wendy Heiger-Bernays1 Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Boston University · US

Funding

Training CoreP42ES007381 · NIEHS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI HAHN, MARK E · 1995 to 2019
$46.1M
Environmental Epidemiology in Community SettingsT32ES014562 · NIEHS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI Birgit Gunhild Claus Henn · 2006 to 2026
$7.7M
NIEHS NIH HHS P42 ES007381NIEHS NIH HHS T32 ES014562NIH HHS T32 ES014562
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Existing regulations seek to protect the public from exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in food, water, and soil. Exposure to PCBs in ambient air has recently been given explicit consideration in the human health risk assessments that form the basis of risk management decisions at contaminated sites. The objective of this paper is to examine how ambient air exposure to PCBs is regulated and monitored at five contaminated sites in the United States. We reviewed online accessible materials (including Environmental Protection Agency-site specific websites, data repositories, and other agency websites). Results indicate that the five sites vary in regard to the measured PCB concentrations in air, the sampling and monitoring methodologies, and the established site-specific guidelines/standards and their basis. We conclude that current practices may not adequately protect those living or working near these sites from airborne PCB exposure and that regulations should include recognition of exposure to indoor sources.

Indexed as

Air PollutantsAir Pollution, IndoorEnvironmental ExposureEnvironmental MonitoringFederal GovernmentHumansInhalation ExposurePolychlorinated BiphenylsState GovernmentUnited StatesUnited States Environmental Protection AgencyAir PollutantsPolychlorinated Biphenylsairborne PCBsambient air regulationshuman health risk assessmentinhalationpolychlorinated biphenyls

Identifiers

PMID29558851
PMCPMC12881995
OpenAlexW2791256458

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