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Persistent, Bioaccumulative, Toxic Chemicals: Volume 2: Assessment and Emerging Chemicals

Donald MacKay editor Robert L Lipnick editor Bo Jansson editor Myrto Petreas editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:American Chemical Society

Published:11th Jan '01

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Persistent, Bioaccumulative, Toxic Chemicals: Volume 2: Assessment and Emerging Chemicals cover

This is a two volume set aimed at examining persistent, bioaccumulative, toxic chemicals that undergo slow environmental degradation in air, water, and soil, bioaccumulate in fish and other organisms, and exhibit a high degree of toxicity. In this volume chapters are devoted to persistence, modeling, and emerging/new chemicals. They also cover a broad international perspectives on measured and calculated properties of PBT's and how these can be/are being used by governments, national, international organizations and industry to select candidate chemicals for possible control. Specific PBT's are highlighted including PCB's, mercury, dioxin, chlorinated paraffins, alkylphenols, synthetic musk fragrances, polychlorinated napthalenes and polybrominated biphenyl ethers.

ISBN: 9780841236752

Dimensions: 230mm x 157mm x 19mm

Weight: 502g

278 pages