RAPID: Evaluating the Role of Pollution Monitoring on Improving Coastal Community Social Well-Being Following a Petrochemical Fire and Spills into Galveston Bay

RAPID：评估加尔维斯顿湾石化火灾和泄漏事件后污染监测对改善沿海社区社会福祉的作用

• 批准号: 1936174
• 负责人: David Hala
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: Texas A&M University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-06-15 至 2022-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1936174&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RAPID; Evaluating; Role; Pollution; Monitoring

This Rapid Response Research (RAPID) project examines the role of pollution monitoring in water and seafood on public perceptions of information and risk following petrochemical spills. This project provide new insights into coastal community risk perceptions following the recent petrochemical spills from the Deer Park fire (Houston, Texas) and barge collision in Galveston Bay, Texas. At present, the ecological and societal impacts of both disturbances are not fully known. However, concern remains for the exposure of aquatic biota to oil-derived hydrocarbons and flame retardant chemicals, and likely human health effects upon their consumption. This project addresses these concerns in the following ways: First, the levels of pollutants are monitored in water, shellfish and fish from Galveston Bay. Pollutant levels are measured once per month, over a 1 year duration. Second, coastal community risk perceptions or concerns for adverse health effects are assessed using health questionnaires. Third, information on pollutant levels in water and biota are compared to acceptable regulatory limits, and used to inform local community leaders of sea food consumption and recreational threats. Ultimately, the findings of this research will provide insights into coastal community risk perceptions immediately following man-made disturbances, and help to develop a risk communication framework that provides both immediate and follow-up analysis of environmental quality. This grant supports the NSF HDBE program's mission to understand human-environment interactions and their responses to man-made disasters. This project uses mass spectrometry to measure the levels of oil-derived hydrocarbons and flame retardants in the waters and biota of Galveston Bay, Texas. Water samples will be taken monthly along a transect of Galveston Bay, and biota samples will be obtained from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department as part of their monthly surveys of Galveston Bay. The biota samples collected will include oysters and fish commonly consumed as seafood by coastal communities. Social well-being will be assessed using an online survey disseminated to residents of communities in the Galveston Bay area, including those affected by the Deer Park fire and barge oil spill. Survey responses will measure social well-being as individual physical and mental health, risk perceptions, and protective action. The results of research will be communicated to coastal community stakeholders by partnering with the Galveston Bay Foundation. Results will comprise temporal trends of pollutant levels measured in water, shellfish and fish from Galveston Bay, and a risk assessment of whether pollutant levels are above or below established regulatory levels.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

这个快速反应研究（RAPID）项目研究了水和海产品污染监测对公众对石化泄漏后信息和风险的看法的作用。该项目提供了新的见解沿海社区的风险认知后，最近的石油化工泄漏的鹿园火灾（休斯顿，得克萨斯州）和驳船碰撞加尔维斯顿湾，得克萨斯州。目前，这两种干扰的生态和社会影响尚不完全清楚。然而，水生生物群接触石油衍生碳氢化合物和阻燃化学品以及食用这些物质可能对人类健康产生的影响仍然令人关切。该项目通过以下方式解决这些问题：首先，监测加尔维斯顿湾的水、贝类和鱼类的污染物水平。污染物水平每月测量一次，为期一年。第二，沿海社区的风险认知或关注的不利健康影响进行评估，使用健康问卷。第三，将关于水和生物区系中污染物水平的信息与可接受的监管限制进行比较，并用于向当地社区领导人通报海产品消费和娱乐威胁。最终，这项研究的结果将提供深入了解沿海社区的风险感知后，立即人为干扰，并帮助制定一个风险沟通框架，提供即时和后续的环境质量分析。这笔赠款支持NSF HDBE计划的使命，以了解人类与环境的相互作用及其对人为灾害的反应。该项目使用质谱法测量德克萨斯州加尔维斯顿湾的沃茨和生物群中石油衍生的碳氢化合物和阻燃剂的水平。水样本将每月沿加尔维斯顿湾的横断面，生物群样本将获得从得克萨斯州公园和野生动物部作为其每月调查加尔维斯顿湾的一部分。收集的生物群样本将包括沿海社区通常作为海鲜食用的牡蛎和鱼类。社会福祉将通过向加尔维斯顿海湾地区社区居民分发的在线调查进行评估，包括受鹿园火灾和驳船漏油影响的居民。调查答复将衡量社会福祉，如个人身心健康、风险认知和保护行动。研究结果将通过与加尔维斯顿湾基金会合作传达给沿海社区利益攸关方。结果将包括从加尔维斯顿湾的水，贝类和鱼类中测量的污染物水平的时间趋势，以及污染物水平是否高于或低于既定的监管levels.This奖项的风险评估反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。

项目成果

PFASs pollution in Galveston Bay surface waters and biota (shellfish and fish) following AFFFs use during the ITC fire at Deer Park (March 17th–20th 2019), Houston, TX

德克萨斯州休斯顿 ITC 火灾期间（2019 年 3 月 17 日至 20 日）使用 AFFF 后，加尔维斯顿湾地表水和生物群（贝类和鱼类）中的 PFAS 污染

• DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150361
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Science of The Total Environment
• 影响因子: 9.8
• 作者: Nolen, Rayna M.;Faulkner, Patricia;Ross, Ashley D.;Kaiser, Karl;Quigg, Antonietta;Hala, David
• 通讯作者: Hala, David

Awareness Is Not Enough: Frequent Use of Water Pollution Information and Changes to Risky Behavior

• DOI: 10.3390/su12208695
• 发表时间: 2020-10-01
• 期刊: SUSTAINABILITY
• 影响因子: 3.9
• 作者: Ross, Ashley D.;Hotard, Abbey;Quigg, Antonietta
• 通讯作者: Quigg, Antonietta