Application of toxicity identification evaluation procedures to an effluent from a nitrogenous fertilizer plant in China.
The integrated method combining chemistry and toxicology, toxicity identification evaluation (TIE), was conducted to identify key toxicants in an effluent from a nitrogen fertilizer plant in China. Toxicity characterization, phase I of TIE, revealed that the suspected toxicant in the effluent was an anion that could be changed into a volatile acid. The results of toxicity identification and confirmation procedures indicated potassium cyanide to be the primary toxicant in the effluent.
Yu
Hongxia
H
State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China.
Shang
Huihua
H
Xu
Tielian
T
Cui
Yuxia
Y
Yang
Ling
L
Jin
Hongjun
H
Wang
Liansheng
L
D000465:Algorithms; D000818:Animals; D002617:Chemical Industry; D002681:China; D003621:Daphnia; D005308:Fertilizers; D007220:Industrial Waste / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis*; D011190:Potassium Cyanide / Q000032:analysis / Q000633:toxicity; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis*
D005308:Fertilizers; D007220:Industrial Waste; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D011190:Potassium Cyanide