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Haloacetic acids,phytotoxic secondary air pollutants |
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| Authors: | Hartmut Frank Harald Scholl Dirk Renschen Benoît Rether Abdelkrim Laouedj Yrjö Norokorpi |
| Affiliation: | 1. Institute for Toxicology, University of Tübingen, Wilhelmstra?e 56, D-72074, Tübingen, Germany 2. Laboratoire de Biologie Végétale Appliquée, Université Louis Pasteur, 3, rue de l’Argonne, F-67000, Strasbourg, France 3. Finnish Forest Research Institute, Rovaniemi Research Station, P. O. Box 16, FIN-96301, Rovaniemi, Finland |
| Abstract: | Haloacetic acids are atmospheric oxidation products of airborne C2-halocarbons which are important solvents and propellants. Levels of trichloroacetate (TCA) in conifer needles from mountain ranges in Germany (Black Forest, Erzgebirge) and from two sites in Finland are compared; TCA is present in conifer needles at concentrations up to 0.7 μmol/kg, MCA up to 0.2 μmol/kg. At the Finnish sites, TCA-concentrations and branch degeneration symptoms of Scots pine are correlated. Monochloroacetate (MCA) has been determined in needle samples from Southern Germany in concentrations exceeding its phytotoxicity threshold towards photoautotrophic organisms. Data on atmospheric chloroacetate levels in Germany are also given; ambient air levels of chloroacetic acids range from about 2 pmol/m3 (TCA) to 390 pmol/m3 (MCA). TCA and dichloroacetic acid (DCA) arise from atmospheric oxidation of airborne C2-chlorocarbons, while the source of MCA is not yet known; several tentative pathways are suggested. |
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