Terrestrial bioaccumulation potential of phenolic compounds
- Univ. of Texas, Austin (USA)
- 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), Vol. 5:2; ISSN 0882-5696
- 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.
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
BIOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION
FISHES
CONTAMINATION
PHENOLS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
NITRO COMPOUNDS
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
AROMATICS
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
MATERIALS
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
VERTEBRATES
540320* - Environment
Aquatic- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (1990-)
540220 - Environment
Terrestrial- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (1990-)
560300 - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology