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I H Rogers

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PubMed1998

Lipid-containing semipermeable membrane devices (SPMDs) as concentrators of toxic chemicals in the lower Fraser River, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Semipermeable membrane devices (SPMDs) were deployed in the water column and in the sediments of the Lower Fraser River (B.C., Canada) to compare the levels and the congener profiles of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), dibenzofurans (PCDFs) and non-ortho-chlorinated biphenyls (N-o,o1-PCBs) against those sampled by an Infiltrex resin column water sampler. Also the relationship between what was present in the ecosystem as sampled by SPMDs and what was accumulated in the tissue of resident benthic-feeding fish was explored. Only the lipid portion of the SPMDs was prepared for analysis, due to some technical difficulties in cleaning the polyethene tubing. The calculated water concentrations as obtained from the SPMD experiments were similar to those obtained by using the Infiltrex sampler. The PCDD/F congener distribution pattern shows multiple source inputs from pulp mill, pentachlorophenol formulations, and combustion. The fish tissue data showed similar congener profiles to those obtained from the SPMDs.

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PubMed1990

The Pacific eulachon (Thaleichthys pacificus) as a pollution indicator organism in the Fraser River estuary, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Eulachons return to the Fraser River each spring and migrate through the estuary to spawn in freshwater. During this migration they may be subjected to varying water quality conditions due to the discharge of domestic and industrial wastes and land drainage. Fish were captured at five estuarine stations in April 1986 and again at three stations in April/May 1988. The locations were from Steveston, at the river mouth, to Port Mann bridge, 31.0 km upstream, just above saltwater influence. Water samples, whole fish, gonads and pooled livers of both sexes were analyzed separately for selected organochlorine contaminants. Water and tissue samples contained chlorophenols from wood preservation operations and chloroguaiacols from pulp bleaching. Whole fish also contained DDE and DDD, while PCBs were present in some fish gonads in 1986, but not in 1988. With the exception of whole body concentrations of 2,3,4,6-tetrachlorophenol (TeCP), concentrations of pentachlorophenol (PCP), 3,4,5-trichloroguaiacol (3,4,5-TCG), tetrachloroguaiacol (TeCG), DDE and DDD in whole bodies, livers and gonads revealed an increasing trend with distance of the eulachon capture site upstream from the Fraser River mouth. Marked differences occurred in the concentration of contaminants in eulachon livers (for example, levels of 50.8 +/- 42.2 ng g-1 3,4,5-TCG at Steveston, and 446.4 +/- 222.5 ng g-1 at Port Mann). The relatively high lipid content of eulachons suggests them to be potential integrators of low-level contaminants in the Fraser River system. This, and their anadromous life history, recommend them as suitable annual monitors of selected organic compounds.

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PubMed1975

Separation of resin acids from fatty acids in relation to environmental studies.

Kraft mills pulping coniferous wood species discharge to their receiving waters effluents containing mixed resin and fatty acids. To study the fish-toxic properties of these fractions it is desirable to be able to separate them without causing double bond isomerizations in the acid-labile resin acid fraction. A method is described using toluenesulphonic acid as catalyst under very mild conditions and four examples of its application are given. It was not possible to separate tall oil samples without a low degree of resin acid isomerization.

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PubMed1967

The diabetic diet.

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