TCDD distribution in the Spring River,Southwestern Missouri |
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| Authors: | Robert D Kleopfer John Zirschky |
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| Institution: | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region VII Laboratory, Kansas City, Kansas 66115, USA;Department of Agricultural Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29631, USA |
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| Abstract: | The waste management practices of a now defunct chemical company created several disposal sites containing 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) contaminated materials. A sampling survey of the Spring River, which drains the disposal sites, was conducted to determine if TCDD contamination of this river had occurred. TCDD was found in fish at concentrations of 0.8 to 55 ng/kg (whole fish) and 1.4 to 18. ng/kg (fillet). In addition, TCDD was present in the fish at least as far as 69 mi (111 km) downstream of the disposal sites. The detection limits were generally not sufficient to determine the sediment TCDD concentration in the river. TCDD was only found in the sediments immediately downstream of the former manufacturing facility, at 12 ng/kg. |
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