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Estimating Health Risks to Children Associated with Recreational Play on Oil Spill-Contaminated Beaches. | LitMetric

Estimating Health Risks to Children Associated with Recreational Play on Oil Spill-Contaminated Beaches.

Int J Environ Res Public Health

Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics & Environmental Sciences, UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

Published: December 2020

AI Article Synopsis

  • The BEACHES study aimed to assess the health risks to children playing on beaches contaminated by oil spills, addressing gaps in existing research primarily focused on adults.
  • The study found that children's risks of cancer from exposure to oil spill chemicals were significantly lower when using data from the BEACHES study compared to previous assessments that relied on general assumptions.
  • Monte Carlo simulations produced risk estimates, highlighting that dermal (skin contact) and oral (ingestion) exposures were the biggest contributors to health risks for children at contaminated shorelines.

Article Abstract

The human health impact from exposure to contaminated shorelines following an oil spill event has been investigated to some extent. However, the health risks to children have largely been characterized through the use of surveys and extrapolation from adult health outcomes. There is limited information on children's behaviors during beach play requiring assumptions made based on observations from play activities in home settings. The Beach Exposure and Child Health Study (BEACHES) quantified specific beach activities that can be used to inform human health risk assessments of children playing on beaches impacted by oil spills. The results of this study characterize children's risk of cancer from exposure to oil spill chemicals by incorporating exposure-related information collected from the BEACHES study and by assuming oral, dermal, and inhalation exposure routes. Point risk estimates are compared with a previous, similar study that applied default exposure parameter values obtained from the published literature. The point risk estimates informed by BEACHES data are one order of magnitude lower compared with the previous risk assessment, with dermal exposures the overall risk driver in both. Additional Monte Carlo simulations evaluating the BEACHES data provide ranges of health risks with the highest estimates associated with dermal and oral exposure routes.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7794795PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18010126DOI Listing

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