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Title: Pulp and paper mill effluents: Toxicity to humans. (Latest citations from the Paper and Board, Printing, and Packaging Industries Research Associations database). Published Search

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6396272

The bibliography contains citations concerning the hazards of toxic pulping and papermaking effluents to plant workers and the populace surrounding the plant. Biomonitoring studies, bioassay performance and reliability, cost factors of reducing toxicity, and effects of reducing toxicity on biological treatment of wastes are discussed. Evaluation of toxicity and mutagenicity of effluents within the plants compared with those discharged to the outside environment is included. Toxicity of pulping effluents to fish and water vegetation is covered in another bibliography. (Contains a minimum of 131 citations and includes a subject term index and title list.)

Research Organization:
NERAC, Inc., Tolland, CT (United States)
OSTI ID:
6396272
Report Number(s):
PB-93-879633/XAB
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Updated with each order. Supersedes PB--90-867060
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English