Title Investigative strategies for lead-source attribution at Superfund sites associated with mining activities / Committee on Sources of Lead Contamination at or near Superfund Sites, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Division on Earth and Life Studies

Published Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2017 ©2017

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 100 pages) : color illustrations Series A consensus study report of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine Consensus study report. Contents Summary -- Introduction -- Sources of lead contamination -- Environmental dispersal of lead -- Investigative strategies for lead-source attribution -- Implications for southeast Missouri and research needs -- Appendixes Summary "The Superfund program of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was created in the 1980s to address human-health and environmental risks posed by abandoned or uncontrolled hazardous-waste sites. Identification of Superfund sites and their remediation is an expensive multistep process. As part of this process, EPA attempts to identify parties that are responsible for the contamination and thus financially responsible for remediation. Identification of potentially responsible parties is complicated because Superfund sites can have a long history of use and involve contaminants that can have many sources. Such is often the case for mining sites that involve metal contamination; metals occur naturally in the environment, they can be contaminants in the wastes generated at or released from the sites, and they can be used in consumer products, which can degrade and release the metals back to the environment. This report examines the extent to which various sources contribute to environmental lead contamination at Superfund sites that are near lead-mining areas and focuses on sources that contribute to lead contamination at sites near the Southeast Missouri Lead Mining District. It recommends potential improvements in approaches used for assessing sources of lead contamination at or near Superfund sites"--Publisher's description Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (National Academies Press, viewed June 19, 2018) Subject Superfund Program (U.S.) Superfund Program (U.S.) Lead mines and mining -- Environmental aspects -- United States Lead abatement -- United States Hazardous waste site remediation -- United States Hazardous waste sites -- United States Mines and mineral resources -- Environmental aspects -- United States Liability for hazardous substances pollution damages -- United States Mines and mineral resources -- Environmental aspects. Liability for hazardous substances pollution damages. Lead abatement. Hazardous waste sites. Hazardous waste site remediation. Lead mines and mining -- Environmental aspects. United States. Form Electronic book ISBN 0309465575 9780309465571

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