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AUTOMOTIVE CRANKCASE OIL: DETECTION IN A COASTAL WETLANDS ENVIRONMENT
Citation:
Tanacredi, J. AND D. Stainken. AUTOMOTIVE CRANKCASE OIL: DETECTION IN A COASTAL WETLANDS ENVIRONMENT. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/2-81/045 (NTIS PB81171662), 1981.
Description:
Samples from four sewage treatment facilities which discharge into Jamaica Bay, New York, were analyzed for the presence of waste automotive oil products. UV-fluorescence spectroscopic techniques were utilized to qualitatively identify waste petroleum hydrocarbons in effluents of water pollution control plants by comparison of sample profiles to profiles generated by standard reference oils. Within the Bay, surface waters and a benthic bivalve (Mya arenaria L.) were also analyzed for petroleum hydrocarbons using fluorescence techniques, and gas chromatography. GC-Mass spectroscopy was used to further aid in establishing the presence of petroleum hydrocarbons in the bialves. Synchronized excitation fluorescence spectroscopy was used in this investigation to confirm the presence of waste automobile oil in the environmental samples. Results strongly indicated the presence of hydrocarbons associated with waste automotive petroleum products in most of the extracts of effluent samples, surface water samples and bivalves.