Dioxins in the Venice lagoon |
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Authors: | Stefano Raccanelli Vladimiro Bonamin Pietro Tundo |
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Institution: | (1) Interuniversity Consortium Chemistry for the Environment, via della Libertà 5/12, I-30175 Marghera (VE), Italy;(2) SGS Ecologia Srl, Via Campodoro 25, I-35010 Villafranca (PD), Italy;(3) Department of Environmental Sciences, Ca’ Foscari University Venice, Dorsoduro 2137, I-30123 Venice, Italy |
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Abstract: | Venice is famous around the world for its uniqueness and architectural splendours, arts and the history of the “Serenissima
Repubblica”, as it was known in the past, but few are aware that Venice economy is strongly dependent on the industrial activities
based mainly on the adjacent Porto Marghera area. For many years, the lagoon that physically separates the city from the dry
land has avoided association between the concern connected with the pollution derived from these industrial activities and
the public perception of Venice. Since 1995, dioxins have appeared as a lagoon contaminant, and their presence, at such a
level requiring immediate “in depth” studies and interventions, has been fully realized for decades. |
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Keywords: | 2 3 7 8-TetraChloroDibenzoDioxin (TCDD) biomagnification chlorinated organic pesticides (POCs) CVM DCE dichloroethane (DCE) dioxins ecosystems lagoon contaminants OCDD OCDF octachlorodioxine (OCDD) octachlorofurane (OCDF) PAHs PCBs PCDDs PCDFs Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) POCs polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs) polychlorodibenzodioxins (PCDDs) polychlorodibenzofurans (PCDFs) POPs sediments Seveso accident TCDD toxicity equivalent factors (I-TE) Venice Lagoon vinyl chloride monomer (CVM) |
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