Contamination by creosote

Pastorok, R.A., Peek, D.C., Sampson, J.R. and Jacobson, M.A. (1994) Ecological risk assessment for river sediments contaminated by creosote, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 13 (12), 1929-1941. 

Hyotylainen T, Oikari A. 1999b. Assessment of toxicity hazards of dredged lake sediment contaminated by creosote. Sci Total Environ 243/244 97-105. 

The Superfund site has large volumes of shallow groundwater contaminated by creosote and Pep. In order to prove the capability of the organisms to degrade these contaminants under field conditions, a highly contaminated groundwater was chosen as the test matrix. 

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