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Testing of toxicology and emissions-sampling methodology for ocean incineration of hazardous wastes. Final report, January 1985-January 1986

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:7126214
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This report addresses the development and testing of a system to expose marine organisms to hazardous-waste emissions in order to assess the potential toxicity of incinerator plumes at sea as they contact the marine environment through air-sea exchange and initial mixing. A sampling train was designed and tested at EPA's land-based hazardous-waste incinerator, using transformer oil as a waste feed. The incinerator was operated under conditions which would be appropriate for at-sea incinerators. The sampling train (Marine Incineration Biological Assessment Sampler--MIBAS) provides a sea-water sample containing a plume emission for the marine organisms testing. Five toxicity-test protocols were refined and/or developed for use in the program: (1) a sea-urchin fertilization test; (2) a chronic test using macroalgae Champia parvula; (3) a 7-day chronic test using growth and reproduction of the crustacean Mysidopsis bahia; (4) a 7-day growth and survival test with the fish Menidia beryllina; and (5) a 7-day life-cycle test using the archiannelid worm Dinophilus gyrocilatus. The results of applying these tests during a hazardous-waste burn are given.
Research Organization:
Battelle Ocean Sciences, Duxbury, MA (USA)
OSTI ID:
7126214
Report Number(s):
PB-88-219472/XAB
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Related Subjects

510200 -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
520200* -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR POLLUTION
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
BIOASSAY
DOCUMENT TYPES
ECHINODERMS
EMISSION
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
INCINERATORS
INVERTEBRATES
MANAGEMENT
MARINE DISPOSAL
MATERIALS
PLUMES
POLLUTION
PROGRESS REPORT
SAMPLING
SEA URCHINS
TOXICITY
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT