Historical reconstruction of major pollutant levels in the Hudson-Raritan Basin: 1880-1980. Volume 3. Chemicals and other wastes. Technical report
Chapters 2-5 of Volume 3 deal with chlorinated aromatic hydrocarbon-based biocides (insecticides, acaricides, fungicides, herbicides and germicides) that have been introduced since World War II. Chapter 6 is concerned with PCB's, another class of chlorinated aromatic hydrocarbons, manufactured since 1930, that were utilized not for their biocidal properties but because of their physical properties and extraordinary chemical stability. Chapter 7 is concerned with a class of non-chlorinated polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH's) that occurs naturally in crude oil, coal tar, pitch and asphalt and is created artificially by most combustion processes. Chapters 10 and 11 deal with other essential components of organic material (called nutrients for this reason) namely, nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P). Again N and P are not toxic as such, but their presence may encourage the growth of algae and plankton in profusion. Finally, chapter 12 deals with water withdrawals per se. It has become clear in recent decades that the turbulence and de-oxygenation associated with most large-scale uses of water for cooling, waste dilution or other purposes, is physically harmful to spawning fish and some other ecologically important biota.
- Research Organization:
- Martin Marietta Environmental Systems, Columbia, MD (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 5230518
- Report Number(s):
- PB-91-181206/XAB; CNN: NA83AA-D-00059
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: See also Volume 2, PB91-181198. Prepared in cooperation with Variflex Corp., Washington, DC. Sponsored by National Ocean Service, Rockville, MD. Office of Oceanography and Marine Assessment
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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