| Dioxin
Reports
In the mid 1980s the NJDEP Division of Science, Research and Technology
(DSRT) began investigations into the environmental sources and fate of
chemicals known to be contaminated with dioxins and the equally toxic
class of chemicals called furans. As a result of these studies new methodologies
were developed for performing aquatic field studies, congener specific
chemical analyses, and human health risk assessments. In addition to supplying
near-field site-specific data for the hazardous waste site investigation
at the Diamond-Alkali facility, held responsible for the contamination,
DSRT also investigated the environmental fate and transport of dioxin/furans
to the ecosystem and human food chain (e.g., fish, crabs and lobsters)
for the tidal Passaic River, Newark and Raritan Bays, and the oceanic
waters of the New York Bight. The reports also discuss possible associations
with the then common practice of inshore ocean disposal for sewage sludge
and dredged materials. Bioaccumulation results for fish, blue crabs, and
American lobsters (collected from the Harbor Estuary and the New York
Bight) revealed widespread dioxin contamination out to the continental
shelf.
Reports
A
Study of Dioxin (2, 3, 7, 8-TCDD) Contamination in Select Finfish, Crustaceans
and Sediments of New Jersey Waterways. NJ Department of Environmental
Protection, Technical Report -(1985)
(PDF format - 18.4 mb)
2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-Dioxin
(TCDD) and 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-Furan (TCDF) in Blue Crabs and
American Lobsters from the New York Bight - 1988
(PDF format - 1.63mb)
For questions regarding these reports, please contact Thomas Belton. |
