| Literature DB >> 12002476 |
Simon Litten1, Brian Fowler, Diane Luszniak.
Abstract
PCDD/Fs and PCBs in surface waters and effluent waste streams flowing into New York/New Jersey Harbor were sampled by large volume filtration and solid phase extraction (XAD-2). Passive hexane samplers were employed in sewer trackdown. Extraction media were analyzed for 2,3,7,8 substituted PCDD/Fs and all 209 PCB congeners. The non-Aroclor PCB congener, 3,3'-DiCB, was ubiquitous in the harbor and was found to be associated with pigment manufacture. Knowledge of inadvertent synthesis of non-Aroclor PCBs is not new but its magnitude and the generation of congeners with dioxin-like properties from this process is novel.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12002476 DOI: 10.1016/s0045-6535(01)00253-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Chemosphere ISSN: 0045-6535 Impact factor: 7.086