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Abiotic Transformations of Toxic Organic Chemicals in the Liquid Phase and Sediments

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Toxic Organic Chemicals in Porous Media

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 73))

Abstract

Increasing concern over the disposal of hazardous chemicals in commercial waste sites and municipal landfills in the United States has served to focus additional emphasis on the transport and transformation of organic compounds in ground waters, sediments and soils. In particular, mechanisms of transformations of the parent compounds as well as daughter products are receiving increased attention. Because of the large number of disposal sites (> 20,000) and an expanding list of hazardous organic chemicals to be assessed, models are being increasingly used to predict the impact of these chemicals on the environment as well as their potential for human exposure (Brown et al. 1986).

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  1. Environmental Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Athens, GA., 30613, USA

    N. Lee Wolfe

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  1. Institute of Soils and Water, The Volcani Center, ARO, P.O. Box 6, 50250, Bet Dagan, Israel

    Zev Gerstl , U. Mingelgrin  & Bruno Yaron ,  & 

  2. Dept. of Soils and Water Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, P.O. Box 12, 76100, Rehovot, Israel

    Y. Chen

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Wolfe, N.L. (1989). Abiotic Transformations of Toxic Organic Chemicals in the Liquid Phase and Sediments. In: Gerstl, Z., Chen, Y., Mingelgrin, U., Yaron, B. (eds) Toxic Organic Chemicals in Porous Media. Ecological Studies, vol 73. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74468-6_5

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