Abstract
The world production of synthetic organic chemicals is about 250 million metric tons per year (Korte 1992) or even much higher (Colborn et al. 1996). Chemicals are either destroyed by use and thus producing degradation compounds, or released into the sewers and the air, or dumped, or incinerated after use. A small, but increasing fraction is used again (recycled). Compounds released from the technosphere usually enter the biosphere.
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Trapp, S., Matthies, M. (1998). Why Model Chemical Exposure?. In: Chemodynamics and Environmental Modeling. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-80429-8_1
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