Chemistry of toxicants

Grosjean D (1991) Atmospheric chemistry of toxic contaminants. 4. Saturated halogenated aliphatics methyl bromide, epichlorhydrin, phosgene. J Air Waste Manage Assoc 41 56-61. 

Grosjean, D Atmospheric Chemistry of Toxic Contaminants. 1. Reaction Rates and Atmospheric Persistence, /. Air Waste Manage. Assoc., 40, 1397-1402 (1990a). 

As one example of endocrine disrupter work, EPA has been involved in dioxin reassessment for the last 11 years. This is an incredibly complex issue, with a huge amount of available information—from the chemistry of toxicity equivalents and understanding how dioxin-like congeners can play into the total load in the environment to an understanding of how dioxin works to affect cells essentially as an environmental hormone. 

Johnson, A.E., R.J. Molyneux, and G.B. Merrill. 1985. Chemistry of toxic range plants. Variation in pyrrolizidine alkaloid content of Senecio, Amsinckia, and Crotalaria species. /. Agric. Food Chem. 33 (l) 50-55. 

Valenta, H. Riizel, H. W. Niimberg and M. Stoeppler, Trace chemistry of toxic metals in biomatrices. II. Voltammetrlc determination of the trace content of Cadmium and other toxic metals in human whole blood, Z.Anal.Chem., 285 25 (1977). 

Fang SD, Berry DE, Lynn DG, Hecht SM et al. 1984 The chemistry of toxic principles from Maytenus nemorosa. Phytochemistry 23 631-633... 

Molyneux RJ, Johnson AE, Boitman JN, Benson ME 1979 Chemistry of toxic range plants. Determination of pyrrolizidine alkaloid content and composition in Senecio species by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. J Agr Food Chem 27 494... 

Grosjean, D. Atmospheric chemistry of toxic contaminants 1. Reaction rates and atmospheric persistence. J. Air Waste Manag. Assoc. 40, 1397-1402 (1990)... 

As an example of such an integrated approach, a case study is reported in which a soil from a former smelter and scrapyard was investigated. The case study demonstrates the importance of an investigative approach that employs a range of analytical techniques to evaluate toxic metal distribution and mobility. It showed that total element analyses of separated size fractions, characterization leaching tests such as sequential extractions, and detailed electron microscope analysis can provide complementary information on the location and chemistry of toxic metals in soils. 

Molyneux, R. j., a. E. Johnson, J. N. Roitman, and M. E. Benson Chemistry of Toxic Range Plants. Determination of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloid Content and Composition in Senecio species by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. J. Agric. Food Chem. 27, 494 (1979). 

Molyneux, R. J., K. L. Stevens, and L. F. James, Chemistry of toxic range plants Volatile constituents of broomweed (Gutierrezia sarothrae). J. Agric. Food Chem. 28 1332-1333,1980. 

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