Study on Risk Assessment Methods and Zoning of Hazardous Chemicals Leaking into Seas
Open Access
- 9 November 2022
- journal article
- research article
- Published by MDPI AG in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Vol. 19 (22) , 14713
Abstract
In China, studies on the regional risk assessment of hazardous chemicals have been carried out for only a few years, and there are few studies on hazardous chemicals leaking into seas. Previous regional-risk-assessment methods considered a single risk factor for most assessment targets, and comprehensive considerations of risk sources and sensitive resources for a study area are not sufficiently included. Based on previous work, this study established a regional-risk-assessment method for hazardous chemicals leaking into seas. This method considered the hazards of hazardous chemicals and the tolerance of the regional environment by means of a case study in Tianjin. The results showed that the risk level of the enterprise was Grade I, classified as a high-risk source of hazardous chemicals; the main reasons were the strong toxicity and large quantity of hazardous chemicals. This method provides technical support for scientifically assessing marine-environmental-risk levels for hazardous-chemical-leakage areas and for carrying out risk-prevention and restoration assessments of hazardous chemicals leaking into seas.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (52071350)
- National Marine Hazard Mitigation Service, Ministry of Natural Resources, P.R. China (52071350)
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