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E E Poliakova

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[Comparative evaluation of health hazards associated with industrial chemicals and their derivates forming during water chlorination].

Many industrial chemicals found in waste waters are able to form organochlorine by-products during water disinfection. The transformation of seven model compounds, cyclohexene, n-butanol, diphenylmethane, acetophenone, aniline, 1-methylnaphthalene, and phenylxylylethane during a reaction with active chlorine was studied. Aqueous chlorine and sodium hypochlorite were used as chlorinating agents. The products of the reaction were analyzed by means of chromatomass-spectrometry. A schematic model of diphenylmethane transformation was proposed. Comparative evaluation of hazards associated with the model chemicals and their derivates confirmed that chlorination products can be more toxic and dangerous than the initial compounds, and may possess mutagenic and cancerigenic properties.

Aminophenols↗

[Formation of organochlorine compounds in the chlorination of water containing industrial contaminants: Experimental assessment and forecasting].

The hazard of GSS production from commercial chemicals was evaluated during water chlorination by analyzing the results of experimental study of chlorination of chemicals from different classes. Structural fragments were found, their presence in the molecule determined the capacity of a substance to undergo intensive transformation to form GSS. The regularities that associates the structure of a substance with the rate of chlorination were detected. Some theoretical approaches to the determination of the ability of chemical to chlorinate are outlined.

Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated↗

[Comparative assessment of enteral and inhaled n-butanol in laboratory animals].

Enteral and inhaled n-butanol given to albino rats was tested for toxicity in 2 series of subacute 30-day toxicological experiments. Enteral and inhalant administration caused membrano-, hepato-, adrenotoxic effects, and inhalant administration produced neurotoxic ones. The threshold dose was 0.2 mg/kg, the maximum ineffective one was 0.04 mg/kg. The threshold concentration was not established in the experiment. The less than 95% confidence limits of reference points (BMDL and BMCL), which cause a 10%-increase in the frequency of adverse reactions (blood catalase induction), were 0.052 mg/kg with enteral administration and 0.18 mg/m3 (0.076 mg/kg) on inhalation. The comparative toxicity coefficient (BMDLent/BMDLinh = 0.68) for n-butanol suggests that there is no difference in toxicity on different routes of administration.

1-Butanol↗

[Combined use of active chlorine and coagulants for drinking water purification and disinfection].

The authors made an experimental study of the efficiency of water purification procedures based on the combined use of active chlorine and coagulants and hygienically evaluated the procedures. The study included the evaluation of water disinfection with various coagulants and active chlorine; the investigation of the processes of production of deleterious organic chlorine compounds; the assessment of the quality of water after its treatment. The coagulants representing aluminum polyoxychloride: RAX-10 (AQUA-AURATE 10) and RAX-18 (AQUA-AURATE 18), and aluminum sulfate, technically pure grade were tested. The treatment of river water with the coagulants RAX-10 and RAX-18, followed by precipitation, filtration, and chlorination under laboratory conditions, was shown to result in water disinfection to the levels complying with the requirements described in SanPiN 2.1.4.1074-01. RAX-18 showed the best disinfecting activity against total and heat-tolerant coliform bacteria, but also to the highly chlorine-resistant microrganisms--the spores of sulfite-reducing Clostridia, phages, and viruses. Since the coagulants have an increased sorptive capacity relative to humus and other organic substances, substitution of primary chlorination for coagulant treatment may induce a reduction in the risk of formation of oncogenically and mutagenically hazardous chlorinated hydrocarbons.

Chlorine↗

[Cyclohexane transformation during water chlorination].

Cyclohexane transformation was studied during water chlorination. Three mechanisms of cyclohexane transformation in the presence of chlorine were determined. Over 70 reaction products were identified. Five of them have mutagenic activity.

Chlorine↗