Data Gap Analysis and Database Expansion of Parameters for Munitions Constituents
Abstract
Training and munitions firing activities at military ranges are operations vital to the readiness of the U.S. Army. these activities involve the use of pyrotechnic, explosive, and incendiary compounds. During an initial effort, the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) and the U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine (CHPPM) developed a Range Database for 188 chemicals of range interest specified by the U.S. Army Environmental Center. Significant gaps existed in the initial database, which included 11 priority physicochemical properties and human toxicological benchmarks. In recognition of the substantial remaining data gaps in the Range Database, this study was conducted by ERDC and CHPPM to expand the database for additional properties and human exposure parameters and to fill data gaps to the extent possible, even to include computational or estimation methods, if appropriate. The study effort was divided into five property/parameter categories: physicochemical properties for fate and transport, human exposure parameters, food transfer factors, environmental degradation rates and half-lives, and human toxicological benchmarks. The accuracy of estimation methods was evaluated. Recommendations are made for estimation methods and future research to address any remaining data gaps or to improve estimates. The data are being added to a relational database.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 2005
- Accession Number
- ADA443236
Entities
People
- Howard Bausum
- Jeffrey Gerald
- John Furey
- Karen Walker
- Mansour Zakikhani
- Mark A. Johnson
- Mark Dortch
- Mohammad Qasim
- Richard Meyer
- Scott Fant
Organizations
- Engineer Research and Development Center