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Human health risks associated with aerially applied fire retardants : screening level risk assessment

Description

Alberta Health retained Millennium EMS Solutions Ltd. to prepare a Screening Level Risk Assessment (SLRA) related to the general public being exposed to aerially applied fire retardants used during wildfires. The objectives of this work were to estimate human exposure to fire retardants in various media following use during a wildfire, to characterise the potential human health risks from these exposures, and to provide appropriate and valuable public health advice for residents returning to an area impacted by fire retardant use.

Updated

March 1, 2022

Tags
contaminant of potential concern environmental health fire retardants human health risks risk assessments screening screening level risk assessment wildfires

Title and publication information

Type
Report
Extent

93 pages

Frequency

Once

Publisher / Creator Information

Creator
Health
Publisher

Health

Contributor

Millennium EMS Ltd.

Place of Publication

Edmonton

Subject Information

Resource Dates

Date Created

2022-03-01

Date Added

2022-03-04T17:39:36.642638

Date Modified

2022-03-01

Date Issued

2022-03-04

Identifiers

ISBN (pdf)

9781460152850

Usage / Licence

Usage Considerations

This report was produced for Alberta Health by Millennium EMS Ltd. through a contract secured via a competitive bid procurement process. Alberta Health staff members were involved throughout this project to provide direction and review the work against the quality standards demanded for a project of this nature.

Contact

Contact Name

Alberta Health