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Title: Toxicity of chlorine dioxide to early life stages of marine organisms

Abstract

With increasing interest in minimizing exposure to chlorine, many electric generating and water treatment plants are exploring the use of alternative biocides such as chlorine dioxide. Unlike chlorine, chlorine dioxide does not react with ambient organic compounds to form potentially carcinogenic trihalomethanes such as chloroform. However, the toxicity of chlorine dioxide to aquatic organisms has received little study. No information exists on chlorine toxicity to marine organisms. Furthermore, West Coast electric power stations usually discharge chlorine intermittently once or twice daily and substantial mixing of receiving water occurs between treatments. Therefore, this study sought to obtain information on chlorine dioxide toxicity using an exposure schedule typical of generating stations which discharge into the marine environment. Early life history stages of a plant, invertebrate and fish were tested since these stages are generally acknowledged to be most sensitive to toxicants and are the stages that are most likely to be exposed to the effluent.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA (USA)
OSTI Identifier:
5596054
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 42:3
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; CHLORINE OXIDES; TOXICITY; EMBRYOS; MALFORMATIONS; SEAWEEDS; GERMINATION; ELECTRIC POWER; FISHES; GAMETES; LIFE CYCLE; OXYGEN; PH VALUE; POWER PLANTS; SEA URCHINS; WATER QUALITY; ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CHALCOGENIDES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ECHINODERMS; ELEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GERM CELLS; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; INVERTEBRATES; NONMETALS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES; PLANTS; POWER; VERTEBRATES; 560300* - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology

Citation Formats

Hose, J E, Di Fiore, D, Parker, H S, and Sciarrotta, T. Toxicity of chlorine dioxide to early life stages of marine organisms. United States: N. p., 1989. Web. doi:10.1007/BF01699954.
Hose, J E, Di Fiore, D, Parker, H S, & Sciarrotta, T. Toxicity of chlorine dioxide to early life stages of marine organisms. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01699954
Hose, J E, Di Fiore, D, Parker, H S, and Sciarrotta, T. 1989. "Toxicity of chlorine dioxide to early life stages of marine organisms". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01699954.
@article{osti_5596054,
title = {Toxicity of chlorine dioxide to early life stages of marine organisms},
author = {Hose, J E and Di Fiore, D and Parker, H S and Sciarrotta, T},
abstractNote = {With increasing interest in minimizing exposure to chlorine, many electric generating and water treatment plants are exploring the use of alternative biocides such as chlorine dioxide. Unlike chlorine, chlorine dioxide does not react with ambient organic compounds to form potentially carcinogenic trihalomethanes such as chloroform. However, the toxicity of chlorine dioxide to aquatic organisms has received little study. No information exists on chlorine toxicity to marine organisms. Furthermore, West Coast electric power stations usually discharge chlorine intermittently once or twice daily and substantial mixing of receiving water occurs between treatments. Therefore, this study sought to obtain information on chlorine dioxide toxicity using an exposure schedule typical of generating stations which discharge into the marine environment. Early life history stages of a plant, invertebrate and fish were tested since these stages are generally acknowledged to be most sensitive to toxicants and are the stages that are most likely to be exposed to the effluent.},
doi = {10.1007/BF01699954},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5596054}, journal = {Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 42:3,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1989},
month = {Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1989}
}