PCDTs in the environment |
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Authors: | Seija Sinkkonen |
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Institution: | Department of Chemistry, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FIN-40351, Jyväskylä, Finland |
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Abstract: | Polychlorinated dibenzothiophenes (PCDTs) are sulfur analogues of polychlorinated dibenzofurans. Recently, PCDTs have been found in stack gas and fly ash samples, pulp mill effluents, sediments and in some aquatic organisms. PCDTs have been analyzed by high resolution GC/MS and by other GC-MS techniques. Combustion is until now the major known source of PCDTs in the environment. Tri-, tetra- and pentaCDTs in concentrations approaching those of PCDTs have been analyzed in some samples from waste incineration and metal reclamation. Concentrations of PCDTs in pulp mill effluents have been found to be quite low. 2378-TeCDT was found to be the major TeCDT isomer in some pulp mill effluents. Preliminary toxicological investigations have shown that PCDTs possess some kind of dioxin type toxicity. |
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Keywords: | polychlorinated dibenzothiophenes GC/MS combustion metal reclamation |
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