PCB Emissions from Contaminated Water and Soil

Goal

 Understand PCB behavior in complex environmental systems, identify and quantify sources and emissions, and reduce exposure to PCBs for nearby populations

Objective

 Identify mechanisms that can effectively characterize novel and tailored passive samplers that can effectively characterize emissions from two distinct airborne PCB sources: sediment dredging operations and contaminated soils.

Aims

1)  Investigate the exchange of PCBs between sediment/soil, water, and air compartments in a laboratory mesocosm.

2) Identify emissions from PCB-contaminated sites

  2.1) Identify emissions from PCB-contaminated water systems during dredging operations

  2.2) Characterize airborne emissions from PCB-contaminated soils.