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Examination of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans in process water of kraft pulp bleaching mill using chlorine dioxide from the aspect of environmental water quality
Journal of Wood Science volume 49, pages 525–530 (2003)
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Process water of a pulp mill with extended kraft cooking, two-stage oxygen delignification, and chlorine dioxide bleaching was examined from the aspect of a new standard for environmental water quality in Japan. According to the new standard, the concentration of dioxins – polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, polychlorinated dibenzofurans, coplanar polychlorinated biphenyls – in environmental water is restricted to less than 1 pg TEQ/l. We clarified that the concentrations of the dioxins in sewers in the chlorine dioxide stage and the alkali stage were less than 1 pg TEQ/l and that the 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzofuran concentrations were 0.5 pg/l or less. In addition, a main source of 1,3,6,8- and 1,3,7,9-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxins in the process water seemed to be an agrochemical in water supplied from a river.
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Nakamata, K., Ohi, H. Examination of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans in process water of kraft pulp bleaching mill using chlorine dioxide from the aspect of environmental water quality. J Wood Sci 49, 525–530 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10086-002-0510-x
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10086-002-0510-x