Historical trends of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans in fish and sediment associated with two bleached kraft pulp mills in northern Ontario.

In the early 1990s polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin (PCDD) and dibenzofuran (PCDF) contamination of fish was widely associated with bleached kraft pulp mills. Regulations were put into place in Canada and elsewhere to reduce or eliminate the presence of these chemicals in pulp mill effluents. The in...

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Main Author: Cater, Shari
Language:en
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10012/8078