Workshop Papers

This paper was presented by Stephen Corbett at the Fifth National Workshop on the Assessment of Site Contamination. This paper discusses the effects of benzene exposure.

This paper was presented by Greg Davis at the Fifth National Workshop on the Assessment of Site Contamination. It describes the transport processes that can be more or less dominant at different stages in the ‘life’ of a petroleum contaminant spill in groundwater, such as advection, dispersion, dissolution from free-phase non-aqueous phase liquid (NAPL), sorption to aquifer material, and biodegradation processes.

This paper was presented by Len Turczynowicz at the Fifth National Workshop on the Assessment of Site Contamination. The paper The paper compares indoor human exposures against overseas ambient air standards and Reference Inhalation Concentrations (RFCs) to develop HILs for BTEX, naphthalene, and aromatic and aliphatic TPH fractions ≤ EC16.

This paper was presented by Luke Cattlin at the Fifth National Workshop on the Assessment of Site Contamination. The paper is primarily aimed at identifying the major issues to be considered during the assessment of sites containing USS where the leakage of product has been identified or suspected. Emphasis is placed on the importance of preliminary site investigations prior to more detailed site investigation and understanding the importance of obtaining scientifically reliable and statistically defensible site information.

This paper was presented by Danielle Oliver and Ravid Naidu at the Fifth National Workshop on the Assessment of Site Contamination.  The paper discusses the current state of knowledge about production and consumption of homegrown
vegetables by Australians and potential risks associated with the uptake of Cu, Pb, Cd, As and DDT by vegetables grown in urban environments.

This paper was presented by Albert Juhaszat the Fifth National Workshop on the Assessment of Site Contamination. The paper outlines biological and chemical methods available for bioavailability assessment, and evaluates measures of arsenic bioavailability and its implications for human bioavailability. While this paper focuses on arsenic bioavailability it could equally well relate to other inorganic contaminants.

This paper was presented by Peter Di Marco at the Fifth National Workshop on the Assessment of Site Contamination. The paper explores the derivation of a Health-Based Investigation Level for Bifenthrin.

This paper was presented by Ian Marshall and Shannon Rutherford at the Fifth National Workshop on the Assessment of Site Contamination. The paper explores the derivation of a Health-Based Investigation Level for Endosulfan and considers the potential for human exposure to occur.

This paper was presented at the Fifth National Workshop on the Assessment of Site Contamination. The paper presents an overview of the current state of knowledge on heavy metal phytotoxicity to plants with particular emphasis on the Australian environment.

This paper was presented by Michael Warne at the Fifth National Workshop on the Assessment of Site Contamination. The paper discusses various management strategies for dealing with mixtures.