Estimation of Airborne Vapor Concentrations of Oil Dispersants COREXIT™ EC9527A and EC9500A, Volatile Components Associated with the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response and Clean-up Operations

Mark R. Stenzel; Susan F. Arnold; Gurumurthy Ramachandran; Richard K. Kwok; Lawrence S. Engel; Dale P. Sandler; Patricia A. Stewart

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Estimation of Airborne Vapor Concentrations of Oil Dispersants COREXIT™ EC9527A and EC9500A, Volatile Components Associated with the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response and Clean-up Operations

Mark R. Stenzel, Susan F. Arnold, Gurumurthy Ramachandran, Richard K. Kwok, Lawrence S. Engel, Dale P. Sandler, Patricia A. Stewart

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The Deepwater Horizon (DWH) drilling unit explosion above the Macondo oil well on 20 April 2010 caused the release of approximately 4.9 million barrels (779 million L) of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. As part of a larger spill response and clean-up effort, approximately 1.84 million gallons (6.81 million L) of chemical dispersants COREXIT™ EC9500A and COREXIT™ EC9527A were applied to the resultant oil slicks through spraying on the water surface by plane and by vessel and through injection at the release source near the seabed. The GuLF STUDY is investigating the health effects of workers involved in the oil spill response and clean-up after the DWH explosion, and estimates of possible exposure to chemical dispersants were needed. Exposures were estimated to the volatile components of COREXIT™ EC9500A [petroleum distillates, hydrotreated light, and propylene glycol (PG)] and of COREXIT™ EC9527A [2-butoxyethanol (2-BE) and PG] using two of AIHA IHMOD2.0

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	I202-I217
Journal	Annals of Work Exposures and Health
Volume	66
Issue number	Supplement_1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/annweh/wxab056
State	Published - Apr 1 2022

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This study was funded by the NIH Common Fund and the Intramural Research Program of the NIH, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (ZO1 ES 102945)

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© 2022 Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.

Keywords

Deepwater Horizon
dispersants
mathematical exposure modeling
oil spill
Water
Gases
Water Pollutants, Chemical/analysis
Humans
Occupational Exposure
Petroleum Pollution/analysis
Petroleum

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Stenzel, M. R., Arnold, S. F., Ramachandran, G., Kwok, R. K., Engel, L. S., Sandler, D. P., & Stewart, P. A. (2022). Estimation of Airborne Vapor Concentrations of Oil Dispersants COREXIT™ EC9527A and EC9500A, Volatile Components Associated with the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response and Clean-up Operations. Annals of Work Exposures and Health, 66(Supplement_1), I202-I217. https://doi.org/10.1093/annweh/wxab056

Estimation of Airborne Vapor Concentrations of Oil Dispersants COREXIT™ EC9527A and EC9500A, Volatile Components Associated with the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response and Clean-up Operations. / Stenzel, Mark R.; Arnold, Susan F.; Ramachandran, Gurumurthy et al.
In: Annals of Work Exposures and Health, Vol. 66, No. Supplement_1, 01.04.2022, p. I202-I217.

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Stenzel, MR, Arnold, SF, Ramachandran, G, Kwok, RK, Engel, LS, Sandler, DP & Stewart, PA 2022, 'Estimation of Airborne Vapor Concentrations of Oil Dispersants COREXIT™ EC9527A and EC9500A, Volatile Components Associated with the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response and Clean-up Operations', Annals of Work Exposures and Health, vol. 66, no. Supplement_1, pp. I202-I217. https://doi.org/10.1093/annweh/wxab056

Stenzel MR, Arnold SF, Ramachandran G, Kwok RK, Engel LS, Sandler DP et al. Estimation of Airborne Vapor Concentrations of Oil Dispersants COREXIT™ EC9527A and EC9500A, Volatile Components Associated with the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response and Clean-up Operations. Annals of Work Exposures and Health. 2022 Apr 1;66(Supplement_1):I202-I217. doi: 10.1093/annweh/wxab056

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