Effects on carp embryos (Cyprinus carpio) and Daphnia pulex of chlorinated organic compounds produced during control of fouling organisms
Chlorinated organic compounds have been identified in cooling, waste treatment, and drinking waters after application of chlorine. The advisability of chlorination for some purposes and the suitability of present chlorination technology for others have been questioned. Cooling waters, by reason of volume alone, are a potentially significant source of chlorinated organics of which twenty-one have already been identified. Although the acute toxicity of two synthetic power plant effluents and many of the 17 component compounds to carp embryos and Daphnia pulex has been determined, information on environmental persistence and fate, acute and chronic toxicity, and bioaccumulation of power plant chlorination products is needed to assess their potential for environmental impact. Results of: (1) decay studies of the trihalomethanes and four nonvolatile chlorinated organics; (2) acute toxicity tests with four trihalomethanes and carp embryos; and (3) chronic toxicity tests with Daphnia pulex and selected chlorinated organics and synthetic effluents under limited conditions are reported. (ERB)
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE; US Environmental Protection Agency
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-26
- OSTI ID:
- 5456819
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-7910138--3
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ACUTE EXPOSURE
ANIMALS
ANTIFOULANTS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
ARTHROPODS
AUXILIARY SYSTEMS
AUXILIARY WATER SYSTEMS
BIOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHLORINATION
CHRONIC EXPOSURE
CONDENSER COOLING SYSTEMS
COOLING SYSTEMS
CRUSTACEANS
DAPHNIA
DATA
DATA FORMS
EMBRYOS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FISHES
HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
HALOGENATION
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INFORMATION
INVERTEBRATES
ISOLATED VALUES
LIQUID WASTES
MORTALITY
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POWER PLANTS
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
TOXICITY
VERTEBRATES
WASTE WATER
WASTES
WATER
WATER CHEMISTRY
WATER SUPPLY
WATER TREATMENT