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In Poland there were originally manufactured two technical PCB formulations of moderate (40%) and high (63.6%) chlorine content. A moderate chlorinated PCB mixture called Tarnol (or Chlorowany bifenyl) was synthesized in 1971-1976 and used as dielectric oil in home manufactured transformers, while the highly chlorinated mixture Chlorofen was used as a lubricant and hydraulic fluid mainly in mining equipment. There is no data available indicating when materials and products containing PCBs appeared for the first time in Poland. In Poland there were also originally manufactured two PCN formulations of low (monochloronaphthalene) and high (tri- to octachloronaphthalene) chlorine content. Due to historical reasons some materials and equipment containing PCB/PCT/PCN could reach the present country's territory before 1945, i.e. at the same time when they were available in neighbouring Germany. Some foreign technical PCB mixtures as well as materials, products and equipment containing PCBs were imported from abroad after 1945. After World War II PCN formulations were synthesized in Poland. There is not yet a whole countrybased register of materials, products and equipment containing PCBs, PCTs and/or PCNs. Nevertheless, some preliminary inventory work was done in the mid - 1990s and includes the public electric power supply sector. It has been assessed that roughly 35-50% of capacitors and 1 % of transformers still in use in Poland contain PCBs. An assessed total amount of PCB contaminated oil in stock or service is up to 17500 t, i.e. 3500-5000 t in capacitors, 3000 t in transformers, and 8000-9500 t in other electromagnetic equipment such as breaker switches, choking coils, measuring transformers, starters, voltage regulators or other machinery. The up-to-date facilities for safe disposal of PCB wastes are non-existant in Poland. Over the past two years a strategy for management of hazardous wastes has been developed and includes development of the facilities for thermal decomposition. According to schedule, environmentally safe PCB waste treatment facilities have to be installed before 2010.
The risk assessment of substances in various environmental compartments is essential for their proper, safe and environmentally friendly production, handling, use and final deposition or destruction. Hazard identification is an important part of risk assessment. The aim of our research was to present a methodology for the hazard identification of substances dangerous to the aquatic environment according to the 93/21/EEC Directive relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances, from the adverse effect assessment of chemicals in European Union. A battery of toxicity tests and biodegradability studies with 3,5-dichlorophenol were performed. The substance was classified as toxic to aquatic organisms with possible long-term adverse effects. The presented methodology assures reliable data for the classification and labelling of substances according to their harmful effect on aquatic biota, suitable for the competent authorities at the national and EU level.
The paper presents the structure of the database and methods for determining the necessary parameters of the properties of substances used for modeling the consequences of accidents at high-risk enterprises. The formulas for the approximation functions of thermophysical parameters and methods for obtaining the coefficients for them, as well as the formulas and methods for obtaining the coefficients for the specific characteristics of the dangers of flammable, toxic substances.
The total concentrations of BDEs in Baltic herring, caught in different years (2002–08) from various areas of the Baltic, and in Atlantic herring (2006) can be reasonably well described by a single concentration vs weight relationship. Samples collected a few years earlier and analysed by others show a slightly different relationship. This indicates that the weight of the fish is an important factor determining the level of contamination and that the contamination apparently did not increase between 1999 and 2008. However, two Baltic herring samples collected in 2007 contained, for reasons unknown, very high concentrations of BDE 209. The BDE profiles (concentrations scaled to a sum of 100) varied a great deal. It is impossible to determine how much of this variation is real and how much is caused by errors in the analyses. The concentration of the BDE 75 was much higher in the Atlantic than in the Baltic herring. Even after taking this into consideration, however, the BDE profile in Atlantic herring is different from the BDE profiles in Baltic herring.
Analyses of samples of runoff waters collected from the principal arterial roads in the city of Gdansk at sites characterised by heavy traffic are described in this study. Collection of the samples was carried out over a six month period, during rain events or directly after such events. Concentrations of the following analytes were determined: nitro-, chloro-, and phosphoroorganic pesticides, volatile halogenoorganic compounds, petroleum hydrocarbons, as well as cations (Na+, K+, NH4+, Ca2+) and anions (F-, Cl-, NO2-, NO3-, PO43-, SO42-). Additionally, total parameters such as toxicity and pH were also measured. The results permitted us to correlate the presence and concentration of the individual analytes with the pollution sources and evaluating the influence of the local emission sources on the degree of pollution in the area covered by this study. The analyses performed have confirmed the high pollution level in the runoff waters (from the arterial roads) and a necessity to establish a system of continuous monitoring of the concentration levels of toxic chemical compounds present in these waters. A correlation was also found between the toxicity and concentration levels of the aforementioned groups of analytes.
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