title: Prediction of the environmental hazard of organic pollutants in an effluent from a pesticide-producing plant.
abstract: A prediction of the environmental hazard of 59 organic pollutants (e.g., pesticides, solvents, phenolics, and detergents) in the effluent from a pesticide-producing plant has been performed. Data on chemical fate (degradation, hydrolysis, volatilization, and bioaccumulation) and toxic effects have been obtained in a literature search and stored in a databank. The hazard has been evaluated on the basis of persistence, toxicity, and tendency to bioaccumulate. The predicted hazard, which indicates which pesticides are the most hazardous, is presented and visualized in plots of data from the databank on discharged amounts, persistence (in terms of half-lives), toxic effect concentrations related to the concentrations detected in the wastewater, and bioaccumulation factors (BCF).
authors.affiliation: Water Quality Institute (VKI), Hørsholm, Denmark.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lindgaard-Jørgensen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002617:Chemical Industry; D006207:Half-Life; D007220:Industrial Waste / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis; D007306:Insecticides / Q000032:analysis / Q000506:poisoning; D012306:Risk; D014873:Water Pollutants / Q000032:analysis / Q000506:poisoning; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis / Q000506:poisoning
chemical_list: D007220:Industrial Waste; D007306:Insecticides; D014873:Water Pollutants; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical