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The use of hydrogen peroxide in pulp bleaching is now in widespread use as the industry strives to eliminate chlorine from the bleaching process. This has arisen over environmental concerns about organochlorine compounds being discharged into the environment, which are produced as by-products in chlorine bleaching processes. 

An example of environmental speciation involves the determination of the manganese containing fuel additive, methylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl (MMT), and its derivative, cyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl (CMT). As discussed above, the toxicity of this compound and concerns about human exposure to inhaled manganese have raised concerns about the widespread use of this compound in gasoline. Instrumentation for this work (Figure 1) involved the combination of LC coupled with... 

The safest and most convenient way of handling and processing red phosphorus (P-red), which is flammable in powder form, is the use of concentrates or masterbatches in a wide range of resin systems for a variety of applications. Quality standards are now being linked to the safety and environmental effects of the additives polymer compounds contain. Consequently the toxicity and environmental concerns about P-red have been under the spotlight recently. 

There is considerable interest in the possibility of analysing polymers to identify all the possible low molecular weight compounds present. The environmental concern about the use of plastics and the demand for degradable polymers demands specific and skilful analytical techniques to monitor these products. It is necessary to be able to predict what type of degradation products may be formed, e.g. during recycling or in the human body. 

The main concern regarding tetraalkyl lead has been about human health hazards, a concern that has resulted in the progressive replacement of leaded petrol by unleaded petrol in most countries (Environmental Health Criteria 85). There has been particular concern about possible brain damage to children in polluted urban areas. Little work has been done on the effects of organolead compounds on wildlife or ecosystems, so the following account will be brief. 

However, we are concerned about the behavior, safety, and environmental problems of photostable synthetic pyrethroids remaining in and around houses, considering the present situation of their increased indoor use. In particular, compounds with strong insecticidal potency need long-term safety and residue studies for the health of infants and pets. 

The disposal and destruction of chlorinated compounds is a subject of great importance. In fact, in 1993, some environmental groups had proposed the need for a chlorine-free economy. The cost of complete elimination of chlorinated compounds is quite staggering with the latest estimate as high as 160 billion/year.46 The most common method to destroy chlorocarbons is by high-temperature thermal oxidation (incineration).47 The toxic chlorinated compounds seem to be completely destroyed at high temperatures however, there is concern about the formation of toxic by-products such as dioxins and furans.48... 

While participating in the European Union programme on risk assessment of existing chemicals, Euro Chlor (representing all major European chlorine producers), recognised the need to carry out a detailed risk evaluation on chemicals linked to the production of chlorine. In view of concerns about specific risks of organohalogen compounds to the marine environment as a sink for all watercourses, Euro Chlor focused on this environmental compartment, with emphasis on the North Sea. This sea area has been extensively studied and is controlled by the Oslo and Paris Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution (OSPARCOM). For a series of chemicals on lists of concern adopted by the North Sea Conference (1990), risk assessments are being carried out to demonstrate their variable environmental profiles. 

After DDT Better Knowledge Means. . . More Chemicals The decline and fall of DDT is a piece of environmental history well documented elsewhere. Concerns about the chemical had in fact been pronounced by military scientists who had animal tested the compound during the Second World War. This was followed by a far greater concern about the impact of the... 

These large mass flows are, themselves, the source of environmental problems. To describe the plant simply in terms of its production capacity of 300,000 tons/day is an over simplification. In any such process there will be other process flows which, in some instances may amount to much more than the simple product flow. The amounts of trace materials, even at a few p.p.m. in concentration, which can accumulate or which may have to be released amount, in times of months or years, to large quantities. We are concerned about the potential environmental effects of these trace materials. In spite of this concern, however, we have little hard knowledge of these effects, in part because we know so little about the chemistry of small amounts of trace elements and compounds in large amounts of water or air. If we then are going to come to rational terms with the environment, knowing what can be safely released and what cannot, we have to know a lot more about chemistry or trace concentrations. 

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