Triorganotin compounds are widely used as industrial biocides, agricultural chemicals, wood preservatives, and marine antifoulants. Although the in vitro fungicidal biological activity of the triorganotins was recognized ...

The University of Wisconsin-Superior (UW-S) conducted studies to determine acute-chronic ratio for the effects of aluminum (Al) upon the freshwater cladoceran, Ceriodaphnia dubia. Exposures were attempted at a pH near ...

Acute and early life stage_ (ELS) toxicity tests were conducted with fathead minnows (Pimephales promela$) and seven chemicals: 2,4-dinitrophenol (2,4-DNP), 4,6-dinitro-o- cresol (DNOC), 2-sec -butyl--4,6-dinitrophenol ...

The primary source of 2,4,5-trichlorophenol (2,4,5-TCP) contamination in the environment is industrial effluents. The compound itself is used as a germicide and also as a reagent in the synthesis of certain herbicides, ...

Q-Xylene is one of three isomers of commercial xylene. It is a flammable, colorless liquid of moderate solubility in water. Xylene is used as a solvent, as a raw material for the production of organic chemicals used ...

2-Cresol (2-methylphenol) is a crystalline solid at temperatures up to 30° C, above which it is a yellowish liquid. It has a phenolic odor, and darkens with exposure to air and light. It is used as a disinfectant, ...

Q-Toluidine (2-aainotoluene, Q-methylaniline, 2-methyl benzenamine) is a manufactured chemical. It is used in the manufacture of various dyes, printing textiles, blue-black, and making various colors fast to acids. ...

Q-Anisidine is a yellowish liquid which becomes brownish with exposure to air. It is used in the manufacture of azo dyes. It is moderately soluble in water, and may enter the aquatic environment via discharges from ...

The Fox River is a major tributary into Lake Michigan's Green Bay with an average discharge of 117 m3 sec-1 and an average gradient of 0.81 m km-1 in the last 62 km of the river (Epstein et al., 1974). Since the early ...

The aqueous leaching of heavy metals from soft coal has been examined under a variety of conditions. Variables examined were pH, particle size, rate of flow, time of contact and oxygen or nitrogen atmosphere. Simple ...