chemical pollutants mercury and synthetic organics
DESCRIPTION
Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics. Mercury. Mercury Advisories. 70% of states. Where does it come from?. Enters water bodies principally from the atmosphere. Mercury is naturally occurring. (coal, volcanism, rock weathering). The number 1 anthropogenic source - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Chemical Pollutants
Mercury and Synthetic Organics
![Page 2: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Mercury
![Page 3: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Mercury Advisories
70% of states
Where does it come from?
![Page 4: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Mercury is naturally occurring
The number 1 anthropogenic sourceis the combustion of coal
Enters water bodies principally from the atmosphere
(coal, volcanism, rock weathering)
48 tons of elemental mercury to the atmosphere each year.
![Page 5: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
blindness, deafness brain damagedigestive problems
kidney damagelack of coordination
cognitive degeneration
Mercury
Electrical products such as dry-cell batteries, fluorescent light bulbs, switches, and other control equipment account for 50% of mercury used.
The drinking water standard for Mercury is 0.002 mg/L.
1 gram
![Page 6: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Fluorescent LightsA typical fluorescent lamp is composed of a phosphor-coated glass tube with electrodes located at either end. The tube contains a small amount of mercury vapor. When a voltage isapplied, the electrodes energize the mercury vapor, causing it to emit ultraviolet (UV) energy. The phosphor coating absorbs the UV energy, causing the phosphorus to fluoresce and emit visible light.
Voltage
Hg gasUV
Phosphor Coating
![Page 7: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Each year, an estimated 600 million fluorescent lamps are disposed of in US landfills amounting to 30,000 pounds of mercury waste.
Recycling and Handling
4 mg Hg
![Page 8: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Forms of Mercury
The dominant inorganic forms are Hgo andHg2+ in many aqueous environments.
Hg2+ (inorganic) interacts with soil and sedimentparticles (- charge) becoming part of lake bottom sediments (limits availability)
Hgo exists as both a liquid and a gas
Hg2+ is the dissolved form in water
![Page 9: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Interaction with Sediment Particles
- charge
- charge
- charge
Hg2+
Small organic andInorganic particles
Hg2+
Hg2+
![Page 10: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
- charge
sedimentsHg2+
Mercury Bound to Sediments
Hg2+
Negatively charged particles bind mercuryAnd retain it in bottom sediments.
Mercury, however, can undergo chemicalchanges in lakes which render mercury
more environmentally dangerous
![Page 11: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
Mercury can be converted to more toxic forms in bottom sediments
under anaerobic conditions
Mercury Methylation
![Page 12: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
Mercury Methylation
Methylation: conversion of inorganic forms of mercury, Hg2+, to an organic form: methyl mercury under anaerobic conditions
Hg2+ (CH3Hg+) methylmercury
Methylmercury is strongly accumulated in the bodyand is generally more toxic than inorganic Hg
![Page 13: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
Occurs primarily in bottom sediments as a byproduct of the life processes of anaerobic sulfate-reducing bacteria (SO4 to HS-) that live in high sulfur, low oxygen environments.
Mercury Methylation
When sulfur accepts electrons it is said to be “reduced”.
C6H12O6 + 3SO42- + 3H+ = 6HCO3
- + 3HS-
Sulfate Respiration
Requires 4 elements:• anaerobic conditions• a carbon source (organic sediments)• a source of sulfur (SO4
-)• sulfur reducing bacteria
e-
![Page 14: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
However, bacterial sulfate respiration requires sulfate.
The addition of sulfate to water stimulates the metabolic activity of sulfate-reducing bacteria and the inadvertent methylation of inorganic mercury
The exact role of sulfate-reducing bacteriaIn mercury methylation is poorly understood
C6H12O6 + 3SO42- + 3H+ = 6HCO3
- + 3HS-
![Page 15: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
Sulfate concentrations in EAA runoff and Lake Okeechobee average more than 50 times background concentrations than in the pristine Everglades
Sulfate
The addition of sulfate to water stimulates the inadvertent methylation of inorganic mercury
Potassium SulfateCalcium SulfateElemental Sulfur
Fertilizers
![Page 16: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
Hg2+ from coal, volcanism, rock weathering, point sources
Water
Sediments(Bound)
Sulfur reducing bacteria, low O2
methylmercury Aquatic Organisms
![Page 17: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
Bioaccumulation: concentration of a chemical in organisms relative to the amount in water.
Enhanced Risk
Methylmercury has a half-life in human blood of about 70 days (twice as long as inorganic mercury (Hg2+).
Methylmercury attaches to proteins in animals (enters food chain)
Methylmercury can be accumulated in the bodyand is generally more toxic than inorganic Hg
![Page 18: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
Bioaccumulation factors (BAF's) of up to 10 million in largemouth bass have been reported for the Everglades.
Fish-eating birds, otters, alligators, raccoons and panthers can have even higher bioaccumulation factors.
Methylmercury in the organs and tissues causes birth defects & disorders of the brain, reproductive system, immune system, kidney, and liver at extremely low levels in food.
Bioaccumulation and BiomagnificationChemical Concentration in organism
Chemical Concentration in waterBAF =
![Page 19: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
Bio-magnification
Biomagnification: concentration of a chemical in organisms as it moves up the food chain.
![Page 20: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
Assessing Your Risk
http://www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=17694
http://www.mercuryfacts.org/fSafeFish.cfm
Fish sticks and "fast-food" are commonly made from fish that are low in mercury.
Nearly all fish and shellfish contain traces of methylmercury.However, larger fish that have lived longer have the highest levels of methylmercury because they've had more time to accumulate it. These large fish (swordfish, shark, king mackereland Albacore tuna) pose the greatest risk.
Some of the most commonly eaten that are low in mercury are shrimp, canned light tuna, salmon, pollock, and scallops.
![Page 21: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
Other Bioaccumulative ToxinsSynthetic Organic Chemicals
![Page 22: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
Synthetic Organic Chemicals
DioxinsPesticidesPCBsFlame Retardants
PBDE
Dioxin
PCBDDT
Organochlorines
Organic = carbon-rich compounds
dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
Polybrominateddiphenyl ether
![Page 23: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)
Viktor Yushchenko Ukrainian President
Potential Toxicity
6,000 times the usual concentration in his body
July November
the second highest dioxin level ever measured in a human
2004
dioxin
![Page 24: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/24.jpg)
Chemicals like dioxin are acutely toxicIn high doses, but they also can bioaccumulate
at lower doses, creating chronic toxicity
The cause of their ability to bioaccumulate is related to their water solubility.
![Page 25: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/25.jpg)
Sodium Chloride 350 g/L
Potassium Chloride 280 g/L
Water Solubility
NaCl Na+ + Cl-
![Page 26: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/26.jpg)
Water Molecules are Polar
++
-
Unequal distribution of electrons
Oxygen is electron-greedy
![Page 27: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/27.jpg)
NaCl Na+ + Cl-Na+ Cl-
Sodium Chloride water solubility: 350 g/L
![Page 28: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/28.jpg)
Contrast with Organic Chemicals
![Page 29: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/29.jpg)
Organic Chemicals
Greases, Oils, Paints, Pesticides, Industrial Chemicals
Grease and Oil Carbon 83 to 87%Hydrogen 10 to 14%
C16H14OS Oil Paint
Composed mostly of carbon and hydrogen,and possessing no electrical charge.
Carbon-rich compounds
![Page 30: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/30.jpg)
Dioxin
PCB
DDT
Principally carbon, hydrogen
C11H18O2Cl4
C14H22Cl5
C12H21Cl8
Generally poorly soluble in water
![Page 31: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/31.jpg)
Dioxin
Dioxin water solubility: 0.2 µg/L
![Page 32: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/32.jpg)
Dioxin
PCB
DDT
10 µg/L
0.2 µg/L
Uncharged and principally carbon, hydrogen
< 0.1 µg/L
![Page 33: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/33.jpg)
Toxaphene: 3 mg/L
Dieldrin: 186 ug/L
Chlordane: 9 ug/L
![Page 34: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/34.jpg)
These types of chemicals are poorly soluble in water
In what substances do they dissolve?
Greases, Oils, Paints, Pesticides, Industrial Chemicals
![Page 35: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/35.jpg)
Hexane
D-limonene oil
Common Organic Solvents
Carbon-based
petroleum
![Page 36: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/36.jpg)
Organic Solvents
waterCarbon-based compoundsdissolve more easily in carbon-based solvents.
carbon
carbon
carbon
Dioxin
carbon
Organic solvents
*
![Page 37: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/37.jpg)
What is the most common solvent used every day?
![Page 38: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/38.jpg)
-SO4
Detergents
hydrophobichydrophilic
SO4-
SO4-
SO4-
SO4-
SO4-
SO4-
SO4-
SO4-
High Carbon Concentration
![Page 39: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/39.jpg)
Vegetable Oil(insoluble in water)
Detergent Micelles
![Page 40: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/40.jpg)
Synthetic Organics and Organisms
![Page 41: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/41.jpg)
Synthetic organic chemicals can be acutely toxicIn high doses, but they also can bioaccumulate
creating chronic toxicity at lower doses
Their ability to bioaccumulate is related to their poor water solubility.
![Page 42: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/42.jpg)
Principally Carbon and Hydrogen
Bioaccumulation in Organisms
Lipid Tissue in Organisms
carbon
![Page 43: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/43.jpg)
Bioaccumulation in Organisms
The chemical essentially dissolves into the lipid tissues
carbon
Dioxin
![Page 44: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/44.jpg)
Synthetic organic chemicals are poorly soluble in water
They are soluble in organic solvents and lipids
Lipids are found in all organisms
Despite low levels of organic chemicals in water dueto their low water solubility, high amounts canaccumulate in the tissues of living organisms
![Page 45: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/45.jpg)
Magnification of 800 x
Water Concentration = 0.2μg/L
Zooplankton concentration = 160 μg/L
Bioaccumulation
![Page 46: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/46.jpg)
Bio-Magnification
Water and phytoplankton to zooplankton: 800 x
Zooplankton to fish: 31 x
Overall: 120,000 times original concentration in water
Fish to eagle: 4.8x
![Page 47: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/47.jpg)
PCBs and Pesticides
Bioaccumulative Organics
![Page 48: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/48.jpg)
PCBs
Electrical equipmentplasticizers in paints, plastics and rubber productspigments, dyes and carbonless copy paper
PCBs were “banned” in 1979
Used as insulating fluids and coolants in electrical equipment and machinery from 1929-1977.
EPA estimates that 150 million pounds of PCBs are dispersed throughout the environment,including air and water supplies; an additional 290 million pounds are located in landfills in this country
some PCBs act like hormones, and other PCBs are nerve poisons
![Page 49: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/49.jpg)
PCBs in Marine Mammals
HazardousWaste level(Canada)
Killer Whales(1000 ppm)
High on food chainLipid tissues
![Page 50: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/50.jpg)
Seawater
Arctic cod muscle
Narwhal blubber
14 - 46 ppb
0.0003 ppb
2440 - 9160 ppb
Toxaphene
50,000 X
~ 8 M X
carbon lipid400,000 tons: 1946 to 1974
(670 chemicals)
![Page 51: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/51.jpg)
Toxaphene and Mirex: 1959 - 1976
highest levels ever recorded in a living organism.
![Page 52: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/52.jpg)
Persistence in the Environment
![Page 53: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/53.jpg)
Where in these environmentsdo we find high levels of carbon?
Many synthetic organic chemicals, particularlythose like PCBs and DDT are very persistentin the environment. They last for decades.
They become stored in organic materialsthat naturally occur in aquatic and terrestrial systems
![Page 54: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/54.jpg)
Water
Organic Sediments
Environmental Persistence
Solubility of < 0.1 μg/L
Organic chemicals become stored in organic sediments
This protects them from degradation and increases their lifetime in the environment
DDT
![Page 55: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/55.jpg)
DDT 28 days 15 – 20 years
PCBs 1 month2-6 years
> 60 years
up to 150 years
½ Life and Organochlorines
Dioxin 1 - 30 years (7 years in humans)
Muck: high in organic carbon
![Page 56: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/56.jpg)
Lake Michigan
µg PCB/Kg sediment (parts per billion)
EPA 2004
mg Carbon /g sediment
N Concentration
Organic Carbon
PCBs
PCBs“banned” in 1979
Open water PCB concentration = < 1 part per trillion
![Page 57: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/57.jpg)
Lake Erie PCB levels
PCBs
After 30 years, PCBs continue to persist in the Environment
EPA, 2004
![Page 58: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/58.jpg)
Persistence in the Environment
Old sediments
![Page 59: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/59.jpg)
Florida Lakes and Organics
![Page 60: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/60.jpg)
DDTdichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane
First Modern Pesticide
Insecticide developed to combat insect-borne disease
Use was later expanded to include agriculture
1948 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine
![Page 61: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/61.jpg)
Launch of the Environmental Movement
1962human volunteers ingested 35 mg of DDT
primates were fed 33,000 times more DDT than the estimated exposure
Thinning egg shells
Lower hatching rates
Declining Eagle population
Carcinogenic
decline in the eagle population occurred before the DDT years (bounties between 1917 and 1942)
http://faculty.unionky.edu/rbotkin/RECM_480_ISSUE_16A_YES_BLUE.PPT#291,22,Issue%2016:%20Yes
![Page 62: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/62.jpg)
DDT levels ranging from 2,200 to 110,000 µg/kg (ppb) in organic soils and sediments.
Torry and Rita Islands
Organic soils
![Page 63: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/63.jpg)
Historically characterized by clear water and a highly prized sports fishery, it served as a popular destination for boaters, swimmers, and fishermen for decades.
Lake Apopka
30,800 acres
mean depth is 5.4 feet
15 miles northwest of Orlando
![Page 64: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/64.jpg)
Agriculture
Pesticide Use in Agricultural Area
Pesticide use included high amounts of DDT
![Page 65: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/65.jpg)
"Lake Apopka is a big chemical soup," Michael Fry, a researcher from the University of California
Tower Chemical Company
Produced dicofol, a mixture of the pesticide DDT and DDE, a by-product of DDT. Periodic spills occurred there, but a particularly large accident in 1980 caused dicofol to spread into the lake
Sediment Organic carbon content ranges from 33 to 37%
![Page 66: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/66.jpg)
In the 1970s, scientists considered Lake Apopka a prime place to harvest eggs and hatchlings to studythem in captivity.
In 1980 and 1981, scientists counted populations of 1,200 to 2,000 alligators in a single night on the lake
By the late 1980s, they counted only 150 per night
![Page 67: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/67.jpg)
Alligator Population crash was linked to poor egg viability
Alligators typically produce 40-45 eggs with a hatching rate of about 65%. In Lake Apopka, only 15-20% hatch
![Page 68: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/68.jpg)
Apopka's juvenile alligators have abnormal testes and ovaries and abnormal hormone balances
DDE, a breakdown product of DDT, is a major contaminant in Lake Apopka
DDE is known to block the action of testosterone
Estradiol Testosterone
Apopka males had high levels of estradiol relative to testosterone
DDT, DDE and Feminization of Alligators
![Page 69: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/69.jpg)
' Teeny Weenies '
Alligators in Florida's Lake Apopka have Smaller Penises
Kyla Dunne for PBS June, 1998
http://www.mindfully.org/Pesticide/Alligators-Apopka-PBS2jun98.htm
![Page 70: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/70.jpg)
Assessing the Danger: Octanol
Synthetic Organics, Organochlorines
![Page 71: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/71.jpg)
SolubilityHexane
Acetone
Lipids
Carbon-based compoundsdissolve more easily in carbon-based solvents.
organochlorine carbon
carbon
carbon
Dioxin
OrganicSedimentscarbon
![Page 72: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/72.jpg)
How strong is the interaction?
BioaccumulationPersistence
![Page 73: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/73.jpg)
An Important Organic Solvent:Octanol
C8H18O
Octanol is used as a reference organic solvent for neutral organic chemicals
cc c
c cc c
c
![Page 74: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/74.jpg)
Octanol and Water
Octanol and water are immiscible (they do not mix)
Octanol is less dense than water: 0.824 g/cm3
octanol
water
C8H18O
C8H18O
![Page 75: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/75.jpg)
Octanol (Carbon/Hydrogen)
water
Carbon/hydrogen
Partitioning Between Octanol and Water
C10H20
![Page 76: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/76.jpg)
Octanol-Water Partitioning Coefficient
Kow = Concentration of chemical in octanolConcentration of chemical in water
At equilibrium
![Page 77: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/77.jpg)
water
1 L Octanol1L Water
Add 10 mg chemical
separate
chemical
chemical
Analyze the water phase for the chemical.Difference between initial amount and amount in water = amount in octanolThe ratio between the two yields the Kow
octanol
![Page 78: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/78.jpg)
Add 10 mg chemical
separate
ChemicalIn octanol
ChemicalIn water
0.01 mg L
9.99 mg L
Water phase octanol phase
Kow = 9.99 mg L0.01 mg L
= 999
1 L Octanol1L Waterl
![Page 79: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/79.jpg)
Kow of some Organochlorine Compounds
DDT 8,000,000
PCBs 2,000,000 +
Dieldrin 1,600,000
Mirex 3,000,000
A high Kow indicates strong interaction withorganic solvents and, therefore, sediments and lipid tissues
chemical in octanolchemical in water
![Page 80: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/80.jpg)
Range for Some Modern Pesticides
Kow = 2 – 10,000 mL/g
Dicamba = 4Malathion = 2919Chlorpyrophos = 10,521
Far less potential for bioaccumulationRapid Breakdown (1/2 life measured in days or weeks)
Inhibit acetyl cholinesterase, an enzyme necessary for proper nervous system function
Can be more acutely toxic
diazinon
![Page 81: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/81.jpg)
What is the most common component?
Water Filters
Carbon
![Page 82: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/82.jpg)
Is this effective at removingSynthetic organic chemicalsfrom your tap water?
Is it more effective removing chemicals with a high or low Kow?
![Page 83: Chemical Pollutants Mercury and Synthetic Organics](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062410/568163e2550346895dd54086/html5/thumbnails/83.jpg)
These filters, by nature, are quite small and because filter effectiveness is dependent on contact time of the water with the filter media, a larger, high-quality solid carbon block filter will be more effective at reducing contaminants at the same flow rate.
A high-quality solid block activated carbon replacement filter will filter water for between 7 and 10 cents per gallon. 2 gallons of filtered water per day would cost between $50 and $100 per year
Most Common Filtration
Solid Carbon Block faucet mount filters