HR: 14:00h
AN: OS23G-01 INVITED     [Abstracts]
TI: Exposure Patterns and Health Effects Associated with Swimming and Surfing in Polluted Marine Waters
AU: * grant, s B
EM: sbgrant@uci.edu
AF: University of California, Chemical Engineering, Irvine, CA 92697, United States
AB: Marine bathing beaches are closed to the public whenever water quality fails to meet State and Federal standards. In this talk I will explore the science (and lack thereof!) behind these beach closures, including the health effects data upon which standards are based, shortcomings of the current approach used for testing and notification, and the high degree of spatial and temporal heterogeneity associated with human exposure to pollutants in these systems. The talk will focus on examples from Huntington Beach, where the speaker has conducted research over the past several years.
DE: 0460 Marine systems (4800)
SC: Ocean Sciences [OS]
MN: 2007 Joint Assembly