Terrestrial bioaccumulation potential of phenolic compounds

Journal Article · · Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Materials; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1089/hwm.1988.5.109· OSTI ID:5713448

Loehr, R C ^[1]; Krishnamoorthy, R ^[2]

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1. Univ. of Texas, Austin (USA)
2. Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc., Houston, TX (USA)

An assessment of terrestrial bioaccumulation was made for phenol and chlorophenols using literature information. Most of the available data for the chemicals related to their aquatic bioaccumulation potential and both terrestrial and aquatic data were used for the assessment. Of the phenolic compounds evaluated, quantitative fish bioconcentration data (BCF) were available only for 13. The evaluation indicated that: (a) the BCF value for a specific chemical depended on the type of fish being evaluated, varying by about three orders of magnitude for some chemicals, and (b) for most fish types, the BCF values were correlated positively to the octanol water partition coefficient (K{sub OW}) and were negatively correlated with aqueous solubility. Based on interpretation of the available information, subjective judgments of the bioaccumulation potential of the designated chemicals were made. Eleven of these chemicals may bioaccumulate in terrestrial or aquatic organisms. These were judged to be: 2-chlorophenol, 4-chlorophenol, 2,4-dichlorophenol, 2,4,5-trichlorophenol, 2,4,6-trichlorophenol, 2,3,4,6-tetrachlorophenol, pentachlorophenol, p-nitrophenol, 4,6-dinitro-o-cresol, p-chloro-m-cresol, and 2,4-dimethylphenol. The logic for these judgments is presented.

• OSTI ID: 5713448
• Journal Information: Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Materials; (USA), Journal Name: Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Materials; (USA) Vol. 5:2; ISSN 0882-5696; ISSN HWHME
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540220 -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
540320* -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
560300 -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
AROMATICS
BIOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
CONTAMINATION
FISHES
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
MATERIALS
NITRO COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
PHENOLS
VERTEBRATES