Drainage from a former pesticide manufacturing site enters Bear River at river kilometer 240. The drainage...

 

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Drainage from a former pesticide manufacturing site enters Bear River at river kilometer 240. The drainage contains DDT, and the concentration of DDT after complete mixing is 5 µg/L. The town of Bear Valley, adult population 15,000, uses the river at river kilometer 40 for its water supply with only chlorination. The drainage has occurred for 30 years. The river velocity is 5 cm/s. Assume the half-life of DDT is 70 days (a) The concentration of DDT in the town's drinking water is mostly nearly (b) With 2 L/day water consumption, adult body mass of 70 kg, and life expectancy of 70 years, the lifetime chronic daily intake of DDT for an adult living in Bear Valley is most nearly (c) Assume a slope factor of 0.34 (mg/kg-day)-¹ for DDT. The number of excess lifetime cancers that can be expected in the adult population of Bear Valley is most nearly Drainage from a former pesticide manufacturing site enters Bear River at river kilometer 240. The drainage contains DDT, and the concentration of DDT after complete mixing is 5 µg/L. The town of Bear Valley, adult population 15,000, uses the river at river kilometer 40 for its water supply with only chlorination. The drainage has occurred for 30 years. The river velocity is 5 cm/s. Assume the half-life of DDT is 70 days (a) The concentration of DDT in the town's drinking water is mostly nearly (b) With 2 L/day water consumption, adult body mass of 70 kg, and life expectancy of 70 years, the lifetime chronic daily intake of DDT for an adult living in Bear Valley is most nearly (c) Assume a slope factor of 0.34 (mg/kg-day)-¹ for DDT. The number of excess lifetime cancers that can be expected in the adult population of Bear Valley is most nearly

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