Fate of hazardous waste derived organic compounds in Lake Ontario
Abstract
Dated sediment cores from Lake Ontario's four sedimentation basins and sedentary fish from tributaries and embayments were analyzed by gas chromatographic, methane-enhanced, negative ion mass spectrometry for a group of fluorinated aromatic compounds. The historical record of these chemicals in Lake Ontario sediments agrees well with the use of the Hyde Park dump in the city of Niagara Falls, NY. These compounds first appeared in sediments in 1958 and rapidly increased until 1970. These dates coincide with the onset of dumping at Hyde Park and remedial action undertaken when this dump was closed, respectively. Chemicals introduced into Lake Ontario by the Niagara River distribute throughout the lake rapidly and uniformly and accumulate in sedentary fish taken from remote locations in the lake. 24 references, 9 figures, 4 tables.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Indiana Univ., Bloomington
- OSTI Identifier:
- 5820634
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal Name:
- Environ. Sci. Technol.; (United States)
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 20:3
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; FISHES; CONTAMINATION; FLUORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; MARINE DISPOSAL; LAKE ONTARIO; WATER POLLUTION; SEDIMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; NEW YORK; ORGANIC WASTES; ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; AROMATICS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DATA; FEDERAL REGION II; GREAT LAKES; HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; INFORMATION; LAKES; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; NORTH AMERICA; NUMERICAL DATA; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION; SEPARATION PROCESSES; SURFACE WATERS; USA; VERTEBRATES; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTES; 520200* - Environment, Aquatic- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)
Citation Formats
Jaffe, R, and Hites, R A. Fate of hazardous waste derived organic compounds in Lake Ontario. United States: N. p., 1986.
Web. doi:10.1021/es00145a008.
Jaffe, R, & Hites, R A. Fate of hazardous waste derived organic compounds in Lake Ontario. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/es00145a008
Jaffe, R, and Hites, R A. 1986.
"Fate of hazardous waste derived organic compounds in Lake Ontario". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/es00145a008.
@article{osti_5820634,
title = {Fate of hazardous waste derived organic compounds in Lake Ontario},
author = {Jaffe, R and Hites, R A},
abstractNote = {Dated sediment cores from Lake Ontario's four sedimentation basins and sedentary fish from tributaries and embayments were analyzed by gas chromatographic, methane-enhanced, negative ion mass spectrometry for a group of fluorinated aromatic compounds. The historical record of these chemicals in Lake Ontario sediments agrees well with the use of the Hyde Park dump in the city of Niagara Falls, NY. These compounds first appeared in sediments in 1958 and rapidly increased until 1970. These dates coincide with the onset of dumping at Hyde Park and remedial action undertaken when this dump was closed, respectively. Chemicals introduced into Lake Ontario by the Niagara River distribute throughout the lake rapidly and uniformly and accumulate in sedentary fish taken from remote locations in the lake. 24 references, 9 figures, 4 tables.},
doi = {10.1021/es00145a008},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5820634},
journal = {Environ. Sci. Technol.; (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 20:3,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1986},
month = {Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1986}
}