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Environmental hazard profile of organic chemicals. An experimental method for the assessment of the behaviour of organic chemicals in the environment.
Chemosphere 16, 589-598 (1987)
The concept of “Environmental Hazard Profile” developed at this institute has been tested with 100 14C-labelled organic compounds. Concentration factors in activated sludge, in algae and fish were determined. The microbial degradation of the chemicals to CO2 in activated sludge and the decomposition to CO2 under artificial light were determined. Ranking of compounds is given in the order of falling concentration factors and accumulation in rats respectively, and decreasing rates of decomposition. Relationship between chemical structure and accumulative and degradative behaviours is demonstrated using some selected groups of chemicals, such as benzenes, phenols, biphenyls and polyaromatic hydrocarbons. Correlations between the octanol/water partition coefficient, concentration factors and rates of decomposition could be established. Evaluation of test compounds was possible using hazard profiles obtained by the sum of single test results.
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Publication type
Article: Journal article
Document type
Scientific Article
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0045-6535
e-ISSN
1879-1298
Journal
Chemosphere
Quellenangaben
Volume: 16,
Issue: 2-3,
Pages: 589-598
Publisher
Elsevier
Publishing Place
Kidlington, Oxford
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Reviewing status
Peer reviewed
Institute(s)
Institute of Ecological Chemistry (IOEC)