Organic pollutants in paper-recycling process water discharge areas: first detection and emission in aquatic environment.
In this study, eight compounds have been identified and quantified from the samples collected from paper-recycling process water discharge areas. In particular, five aryl hydrocarbons, including a novel chlorinated aryl ether, were identified for the first time as environmental pollutants. In the effluent stream, concentration levels of up to 1600 microg L(-1) and 190 microg g(-1) were detected in the surface water and surface sediment, respectively. The results of this study have raised concerns regarding the organic chemicals used in thermal paper and the environmental consequences of their release.
Terasaki
Masanori
M
Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Yada 52-1, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan. terasaki@u-shizuoka-ken.ac.jp
Fukazawa
Hitoshi
H
Tani
Yukinori
Y
Makino
Masakazu
M
D005591:Chemical Fractionation; D002850:Chromatography, Gel / Q000379:methods; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D005618:Fresh Water; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods; D007220:Industrial Waste / Q000032:analysis*; D007564:Japan; D010209:Paper; D011083:Polycyclic Compounds / Q000032:analysis*; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*
D007220:Industrial Waste; D011083:Polycyclic Compounds; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical