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Document ID (ISN)56506
CIS number 91-1279
ISBN(s) 91-620-3907-5
Year 1990
Convention or series no. SNV Report 3907
Title Seminar on nonylphenolethoxylates (NPE) and nonylphenol (NP)
Bibliographic information Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (SNV), Information Department, 171 85 Solna, Sweden, 1990. 265p. Illus. Bibl.ref.
Abstract Proceedings of a seminar on nonylphenolethoxylates (NPE) and nonylphenol (NP) held in Saltsjöbaden, Sweden, 6-8 February 1991. Papers cover: EPA's chemical testing program for NP; use pattern of NPEs and their application properties; health effects; toxicity of 4-nonylphenol to aquatic organisms and potential for bioaccumulation; aerobic and anaerobic biotransformation and photo-oxidation; behaviour of nonylphenol polyethoxylates and their metabolites in mechanical-biological sewage treatment; environmental occurrence and behaviour of alkylphenol polyethoxylates and their degradation products in rivers and groundwaters; behaviour in sludge treated soils and in landfills; environmental aspects of ethoxylates based on alkylphenol and primary alcohols; products to replace NP.
Descriptors (primary) Sweden; nonylphenol ethoxylate; health hazards; nonylphenol; environmental pollution; toxicology
Descriptors (secondary) toxic effects; substitution; ecotoxicology; sewage treatment; conference; uses; water pollution
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Country / State or ProvinceSweden
Subject(s) Toxic and dangerous substances
Broad subject area(s) Chemical safety
Browse category(ies) Environmental pollution
Phenols and phenolic compounds
Alcohols