A Chemical Contamin ant Mass Balance Framework for Chesapeake Bay 1997
- Published:
- June 1, 1997
- Originator:
- Chesapeake Bay Program
- EPA Number:
- EPA 903-R-97-016
Chemical contaminants in the water and sediment of Chesapeake Bay can effect ecosystem functions as well as pose a direct threat to human health via drinking water and the consumption of aquatic organisms (e.g., fish and Shellfish). The recently-published Chesapeake Bay Basinwide Toxics Reduction Strategy Reevaluation Report (Chesapeake Bay Program, 1994d) described the results of a multi-year effort to evaluate the nature, exten, and magnitude of the Bay's Chemical contaminant problems. While this study continued the Chesapeake Bay Program's effort to account for the sources of chemical cotaminants, a more exacting examination of both the sources and sinks is needed.