Buffalo river

Multi-method certification of 25 elements with information provided on another 22 elements was performed in NIST SRM 2704 (Buffalo River sediment) by NIST laboratories with four co-operating laboratories from USA and Canada (Epstein et al. 1989). 

Buffalo River, near Buffalo, NY sediments vs. sediment extracts BaA 7 vs. 16 10... 

Niagara River 1991 contaminated sites (Buffalo River, Love Canal) vs. reference site Total PAHs 3.3-5.4 vs. 0.4 26... 

Figure 9.48 Correlation of halogen concentration measured in sediments and rock samples by isotope dilution LA-ICP-MS using a high ablation system UNA-Spark n -Atomizer and double-focusing sector-field / -MS Element 2 with the indicative values 59 Samples SRM 2704 (Buffalo River Sediment), SRM 1646 (Estuarine Sediment), Granite GS-N, Bauxite BX-N and Disthene DT-N. (S. Boulyga and K. G. Heumann, Int. ). Mass Spectrom., 242, 291 (2005). Reproduced by permission of Elsevier.)...

Loganathan BG, Kannn K, Watanabe, et al. 1995. Isomer-specific determination and toxic evaluation of polychlrinated biphenyls, polychlorinated/brominated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans, polybrominated biphenyl ethers, and extractable organic halogen in carp from the Buffalo River, New York. Environ Sci Technol 29(7) 1832-1838. 

Noticeable concentrations of PBDEs were determined in carp of three age classes collected from the Buffalo river (New York, USA). TeBDEs accounted for 94-96% of total PBDE concentrations [40]. 

U.S. EPA, Buffalo River Area of Concern. Available at http //www.epa.gov/glnpo/aoc/ buffalo.html (accessed September 2004). 

MESS-1, Marine Sediment, National Research Council of Canada, CRM 062, Olea Europea, Bureau Communautaire de Reference, EU. SRM 2704, Buffalo River Sediment, National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA. 

SRM 2704, Buffalo River Sediment, National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA. 

Middle-aged carp Buffalo River 1991 4.30 Loganathan et al. 1995 ... 

Loganathan BG, Irvine KN, Kaiman K, et al. 1997. Distribution of selected PCB congeners in the Babcock Street sewer district a multimedia approach to identify PCB sources in combined sewer overflows (CSOS) discharging to the Buffalo River, New York. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 33(2) 130-140. 

As a source of nitrobenzene exposure of humans, soil appears to rank a distant third in terms of its contribution. Nelson and Hites (1980) reported 8 ppm in the soil of a former dye manufacturing site along the Buffalo River, but failed to detect nitrobenzene in river sediments, as noted above. The presence of nitrobenzene in the soils of abandoned hazardous waste sites is inferred by its presence in the atmosphere above several sites (Harkov et al. 1985 LaRegina et al. 1986). Nitrobenzene was detected in soil/sediment samples at 4 of 862 hazardous waste sites at a geometric mean concentration of 1,000 pg/kg (CLPSD 1988). No further data on nitrobenzene levels released to soils were located. 

The only measurement of nitrobenzene in soil located was a value of 8 ppm detected is soil at one of two sampling sites along the bank of the industrially polluted Buffalo River in New York (Nelson and Hites 1980). Nitrobenzene was not detected at any of three sediment sampling sites in this study. 

Nelson CR, Hites RA. 1980. Aromatic amines in and near the Buffalo River. Environ Sci Technol 14 1147-1149. 

The position of ICP-AES among other instrumental techniques for trace analysis is well established. Although instrumentation is still developing it is more in respect to reduce laborious introductions of dilferent types of corrections than increase the quality of analysis. As an interesting example in this respect a comparison of ICP-AES analysis of soil and sediment standard reference materials done in 1985 (Liese, 1985a) and 1998 (Leivuori, 1998) may be done. In 1985 the content of 21 elements in IAEA soil, five and 19 elements in IAEA SL-1 has been determined after introduction of two type of corrections. The accuracy was 0.1-18% and precision below 10%. In 1998 in a sediment standard reference material (NIST-SRM-2704 - Buffalo River Sediment) ten elements were determined (for the rest of the elements in this study ETAAS is preferred) with accuracy of 0.1-16% and precision below 10%. The same result is obtained if a comparison of analysis of plant standard reference materials is done (Liese, 1985a Kos et al., 1996 Djingova et al., 1998). 

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