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Ancient water bottle use and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) exposure among California Indians: a prehistoric health risk assessment.

Sabrina B SholtsKevin SmithCecilia WallinTrifa M AhmedSebastian K T S Wärmländer
Published in: Environmental health : a global access science source (2017)
For ancient California Indians, water stored in bitumen-coated water bottles was not a significant source of PAH exposure, but production of such bottles could have resulted in harmful airborne PAH exposure.
Keyphrases
  • health risk assessment
  • heavy metals
  • polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
  • drinking water
  • particulate matter
  • room temperature