Multimedia sampling for dioxin at a strip mine reclaimed with sludge from bleached kraft wastewater treatment
- Metal Corp. (US)
- Ohio Univ., Chillicothe, OH (US)
This paper reports that mead conducted a two-year dioxin testing program on strip-mined land being reclaimed with sludge from the wastewater treatment plant of its bleached kraft mill. Many different samples were analyzed for both 2,3,7,8-TCDD (or dioxin) and 2,3,7,8-TCDF (or furan). The study included biodiversity studies to determine the total environmental impact. The results indicate that the sludge is an excellent reclamation material that improves the biodiversity at the site. The tracer dioxin in the sludge does not exhibit any significant migration or bioavailability when used for reclaiming strip mines. These findings differ from assumptions sometimes used in assessing the environmental risks of dioxin.
- OSTI ID:
- 5090384
- Journal Information:
- Tappi; (United States), Vol. 74:4; ISSN 0039-8241
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
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LAND RECLAMATION
DIOXIN
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
SLUDGES
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
WASTE WATER
WATER TREATMENT PLANTS
BIOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION
BLEACHING
LAND POLLUTION
RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITIES
RISK ASSESSMENT
WATER POLLUTION
WATER POLLUTION MONITORS
ENERGY FACILITIES
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
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INDUSTRY
LIQUID WASTES
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MONITORS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
WASTE PROCESSING PLANTS
WASTES
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