[CPEO-BIF] Risk assessment request for information

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Hi Lenny,

I was wondering if you could post this on the Brownfields mailing list. 
Thanks,

Deb

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Hi all,

I am a graduate student working on my Phd research that involves 
estimating the potential health and ecological risk from former 
industrial properties in Worcester, MA. However, from my search so far 
for release data, I find that this is pretty much unavailable for the 
period prior to the 1980s.

I am trying to find a method of calculating some measurement of risk by 
trying to catalogue the type of process that were involved in these 
properties without using actual release data or having the resources to 
do selective sampling. I am wondering whether listserv members know of 
modeling techniques that allow you to do some characterization of the 
risk using:
1) type of industry
2) inputs (raw materials), outputs (products) and byproducts (waste)
3) process involved

Please let me know if I was not very clear with my request. Thanks to 
all in advance!

Deb Sinha.

Graduate School of Geography
Clark University
Worcester, MA
debsinha@gmail.com



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