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A study was designed to test the mixture effects of different concentrations of known thyroid-disrupting chemicals. The mixture consisted of several each of dioxins, PCBs, and PDBE. The study tested the concentrations of serum total thyroxine (T4) following administration to laboratory animals at different concentrations, ranging from environmentally found background levels to 100 times those levels. The ratio of chemicals was based on environmental concentrations. The results showed that additive effects were obtained at... 

The X-ray microtomography has been used for a variety of applications. Most spectacular applications can be found in those areas, where three-dimensional internal structures can only be visualized non-destructively and/or in normal environmental conditions. 

In 1986, David Weininger created the SMILES Simplified Molecular Input Line Entry System) notation at the US Environmental Research Laboratory, USEPA, Duluth, MN, for chemical data processing. The chemical structure information is highly compressed and simplified in this notation. The flexible, easy to learn language describes chemical structures as a line notation [20, 21]. The SMILES language has found widespread distribution as a universal chemical nomenclature... 

Apart from using an environmentally friendly solvent, it is also important to clean up the chemical reactions themselves by reducing the number and amount of side-products formed. For this purpose catalysts are a versatile tool. Catalysts have been used for thousands of years in processes such as fermentation and their importance has grown ever since. In synthetic oiganic chemistry, catalysts have found wide applications. In the majority of these catalytic processes, organic solvents are used, but also here the use of water is becoming increasingly popular . 

Inorganic Analysis Redox titrimetry has been used for the analysis of a wide range of inorganic analytes. Although many of these methods have been replaced by newer methods, a few continue to be listed as standard methods of analysis. In this section we consider the application of redox titrimetry to several important environmental, public health, and industrial analyses. Other examples can be found in the suggested readings listed at the end of this chapter. 

The elements listed in the table of Figure 15.2 are of importance as environmental contaminants, and their analysis in soils, water, seawater, foodstuffs and for forensic purposes is performed routinely. For these reasons, methods have been sought to analyze samples of these elements quickly and easily without significant prepreparation. One way to unlock these elements from their compounds or salts, in which form they are usually found, is to reduce them to their volatile hydrides through the use of acid and sodium tetrahydroborate (sodium borohydride), as shown in Equation 15.1 for sodium arsenite. 

Environmental Aspects. Airborne particulate matter (187) and aerosol (188) samples from around the world have been found to contain a variety of organic monocarboxyhc and dicarboxyhc acids, including adipic acid. Traces of the acid found ia southern California air were related both to automobile exhaust emission (189) and, iadirecfly, to cyclohexene as a secondary aerosol precursor (via ozonolysis) (190). Dibasic acids (eg, succinic acid) have been found even ia such unlikely sources as the Murchison meteorite (191). PubHc health standards for adipic acid contamination of reservoir waters were evaluated with respect to toxicity, odor, taste, transparency, foam, and other criteria (192). BiodegradabiUty of adipic acid solutions was also evaluated with respect to BOD/theoretical oxygen demand ratio, rate, lag time, and other factors (193). 

A typical m el ter iastalled in a medium sized brass foundry contains 4500 kg of brass and its inductor is rated 500 kilowatts. Brass is an alloy containing copper and zinc. Zinc vaporizes at temperatures weU below the melting temperature of the alloy. The channel iaductor furnace s low bath temperature and relatively cool melt surface result in low metal loss and reduced environmental concerns. Large dmm furnaces have found use in brass and copper continuous casting installations. 

Vegetable and seed oils as well as some synthetic base stocks present a new class of biodegradable base stocks. These fluids (10) have excellent biodegradation properties as measured by criteria developed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). OECD 301 and EPA 560/6-82-003 measure the biodegradation of lubricants. These tests were developed to measure the degradation of oil, especially two-cycle ok, on waterways. Aquatic toxicity criteria toward fish is also found to be acceptable for this class of fluids as measured by EPA 560/6-82-002 and OECD 203 1-12. 

The yield of hydroquinone is 85 to 90% based on aniline. The process is mainly a batch process where significant amounts of soHds must be handled (manganese dioxide as well as metal iron finely divided). However, the principal drawback of this process resides in the massive coproduction of mineral products such as manganese sulfate, ammonium sulfate, or iron oxides which are environmentally not friendly. Even though purified manganese sulfate is used in the agricultural field, few solutions have been developed to dispose of this unsuitable coproduct. Such methods include MnSO reoxidation to MnO (1), or MnSO electrochemical reduction to metal manganese (2). None of these methods has found appHcations on an industrial scale. In addition, since 1980, few innovative studies have been pubUshed on this process (3). 

Health nd Safety Factors. Isophorone is considered moderately toxic by ingestion and skin contact. Some rat tumor formation evidence has been found (264), but no demonstration as a human carcinogen has been proven. Isophorone is considered an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) priority pollutant, and has a permissible acute toxicity concentration of 117, 000 ///L to protect freshwater aquatic life, 12, 900 ///L to protect saltwater aquatic life, and 5, 200 ///L to protect human life (265). Isophorone is mildly toxic by inhalation, but because of its low volatiUty it is not a serious vapor hazard. 

Drinking Water Health Advisories for Pesticides, Office of Drinking Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Lewis Pubhshets, Chelsea, Mich., 1989. Includes data used for evaluating 1-day, 10-day, and longer-term health advisories for 50 pesticides which have a potential for being found in drinking water, with specific references as sources of information. 

Other Coordination Complexes. Because carbonate and bicarbonate are commonly found under environmental conditions in water, and because carbonate complexes Pu readily in most oxidation states, Pu carbonato complexes have been studied extensively. The reduction potentials vs the standard hydrogen electrode of Pu(VI)/(V) shifts from 0.916 to 0.33 V and the Pu(IV)/(III) potential shifts from 1.48 to -0.50 V in 1 Tf carbonate. These shifts indicate strong carbonate complexation. Electrochemistry, reaction kinetics, and spectroscopy of plutonium carbonates in solution have been reviewed (113). The solubiUty of Pu(IV) in aqueous carbonate solutions has been measured, and the stabiUty constants of hydroxycarbonato complexes have been calculated (Fig. 6b) (90). 

Environmentally, these aLkanolamines present little problem. Only AMP has been studied extensively, but it was found to be degradable, to be of low toxicity to fish and microorganisms, and to be nonaccumulative. TRIS AMINO has been added to water used to ship fish in order to improve viabiUty. 

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