Persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic chemicals /

This work is "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. This volume examines the fate and behavior of these chemicals, and...

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Corporate Authors: American Chemical Society, American Chemical Society. Division of Environmental Chemistry
Other Authors: Lipnick, Robert L. (Robert Louis), 1941-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : American Chemical Society, ©2001.
Series:ACS symposium series ; 773.
ACS symposium series ; 772.
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Summary:This work is "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. This volume examines the fate and behavior of these chemicals, and their food chain transfer and exposure. Chapters cover recent research results and reviews related to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), butyltin, toxaphene, dioxin, alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane and mercury."--Publisher.
Item Description:Title from PDF title page (ACS publications, viewed August 18, 2009).
" ... derived from a symposium sponsored by the American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of Environmental Chemistry, Inc., March 21-25, 1999 in Anaheim, California"--Preface
Physical Description:1 online resource (online resource (2 volumes)) : illustrations, maps
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780841218314
0841218315
9780841218253
0841218250