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Organic chlorine compounds in lake sediments. III. Chlorohydrocarbons, free and chemically bound chlorophenols

Leena WellingJaakko PaasivirtaHannu HakalaJuha KnuutinenReino LammiRaija PaukkuTerttu OtollinenJukka Särkkä

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Pulp millEnvironmental EngineeringWaste managementBleachChemistryHealth Toxicology and MutagenesisPulp (paper)Public Health Environmental and Occupational Healthchemistry.chemical_elementGeneral MedicineGeneral Chemistryengineering.materialAlkali metalPollutionSoil contaminationHexanechemistry.chemical_compoundEnvironmental chemistryengineeringChlorineEnvironmental ChemistryEffluent

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Abstract Chlorohydrocarbons and free and chemically bound chlorophenols, catechols and guaiacols were measured from lake sediments in Central Finland. Chlorohydrocarbons occurred at low backround levels except chlorocymenes from pulp mills and PCBs near the city of Aanekoski, where a local leakage occurrs. Free chlorophenols (hexane extractables) were found in all 18 areas studied, but the bound ones (extracted with strong alkali) only in the pulp mill reciepient lakes where they dominated. Preliminary analyses of chemically bound chlorophenols in high molecular fractions of spent bleach liquors and pulp mill effluents indicated that majority of chlorocatechols and guaiacols are bound already in the factory.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
1990-01-01Chemosphere
https://doi.org/10.1016/0045-6535(90)90040-z