Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins and polyschlorinated dibenzofurans in sewage sludges
A municipal sewage sludge from Syracuse, New York and a largely domestic sludge from Sodus, New York were analyzed for polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) using combined gas chromatography and high resolution mass spectrometry (GC/HRMS). Concentrations in ppt of the following PCDDs were found in the Syracuse sludge: tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxins (TCDDs), 150, hexachlorodibenzo-p-dioxins (HxCDDs), 2100, heptachlorodibenzo-p-dioxins (HCDDs), 6300, octachlorodibenzo-p-dioxins (OCDDs), greater than 60,000. The following ppt concentrations were found in the Sodus sludge: TCDDs, 7200, HxCDDs, 300 HCDDs, 900, OCDDs 7500. The TCDD was a single but not the highly toxic 2,3,7,8-isomers. PCDFs were mostly nondetectable in the sludges. The toxicology and potential for environmental contamination by these compounds are discussed.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln
- OSTI ID:
- 5112521
- Journal Information:
- Chemosphere; (United States), Vol. 14:5
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY
MASS SPECTROSCOPY
FURANS
SEWAGE SLUDGE
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
CONTAMINATION
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE
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AROMATICS
CHROMATOGRAPHY
FEDERAL REGION II
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
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ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
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SLUDGES
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560306* - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology- Man- (-1987)