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Canadian Water Quality Guidelines For Polychlorinated Biphenyls In Coastal And Estuarine Waters (inland Waters Directive, Water Quality Branch, Scientific Series No. 186) by D.r.j. Moore And S.l. Walker is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Canadian Water Quality Guidelines For Polychlorinated Biphenyls In Coastal And Estuarine Waters (inland Waters Directive, Water Quality Branch, Scientific Series No. 186) about?

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are a complex group of chlorinated hydrocarbon compounds that are widespread in the environment. Serious concerns about PCB contamination have been raised because of their persistence in the environment, their tendency to bioaccumulate in biota, and their chronic toxicity effects on biota. These concerns have resulted in Canadian government actions to halt the import and production of PCBs and ensure their safe disposal. In Canada and the US, water quality guidelines have been established at levels that ensure the protection of freshwater aquatic biota. However, whereas a water quality guideline has been established in the US for marine aquatic biota, none has yet been established in Canada. This report presents a Canadian water quality guideline for PCBs that ensures the protection and maintenance of marine aquatic biota by considering the physical and chemical properties of PCBs, their concentrations in the marine environment, their fate and persistence, their bioaccumulation, and their toxicity to marine biota

Author

D.r.j. Moore And S.l. Walker

Publisher

Environment Canada, Inland Waters Directorate, Water Quality Branch

Published

1991

Language

EN

ISBN

9780662187691

Subjects

Economics, Technology, Management