Acute toxicity of an in situ shale oil process wastewater and its major components to Daphnia magna

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• Personal Author:
  Buchan RM ; Burnham LN ; Melvin WW
• Description:
  The potential environmental hazard of an in-situ shale oil process wastewater to aquatic organisms was investigated by determining the acute toxicity of this effluent to Daphnia-magna, a microcrustacean commonly found in lakes in northern and western North America. The effluent under study, designated Omega-9 water, was obtained from the Laramie Energy Technology Center's experimental true in-situ shale oil site. A synthetic effluent was prepared by mixing together each of the major inorganic components identified in the Omega-9 water and at the concentrations found. Results of the acute bioassays for the Omega-9 water and the synthetic mixture indicated that the Omega-9 water was about 1.5 times as toxic as the synthetic. These results indicated an important role for inorganics, particularly unionized ammonia, in the toxicity of the Omega-9 water. The authors also suggest that not all the toxic components of the original effluent have apparently been identified. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Environmental Exposure Environmental Pollution Occupational Health Oil And Gas Industry Petroleum Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety
• Keywords:
  Environmental-pollution Marine-chemistry NIOSH-Grant NIOSH-Publication Oil-industry Oil-shale Petroleum-industry Pulmonary-system-disorders
• ISSN:
  0007-4861
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  338-343
• Volume:
  27
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00187010
• Citation:
  Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 1981 Jul; 27(1):338-343
• Contact Point Address:
  Microbiology Colorado State University Department of Microbiology Fort Collins, Colo 80523
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• NORA Priority Area:
  Pulmonary System Disorders
• Performing Organization:
  Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19750701
• Source Full Name:
  Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
• End Date:
  19940630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4efcf48f786da3e5f9f50a3de92378280c454276ba1554f1bba8ed31e608230d008b5941bcfcbd19e76df0744cd83c7bd32ea57480304ef15167f686f263496e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/204075/cdc_204075_DS1.pdf
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