| Contents Notes |
Introduction -- Background -- Nomenclature of CDDs and CDFs -- California Water Resources Control Board Study -- Environmental fate -- Phototransformation -- Microbial degradation -- Volatilization -- Persistence and movement in soils and sediments -- Plant uptake -- Summary and discussion -- Aquatic toxicology -- Bioconcentration -- Acute and chronic toxicity -- Summary and discussion -- Mammalian toxicology -- Absorption and tissue distribution -- Metabolism and elimination -- Acute, subchronic, and chronic effects -- Structure-activity relationships -- Teratogenicity and reproduction -- Mutagenicity -- Carcinogenicity -- Criteria, standards, and regulations -- Wood treatment practices and California site contamination wood treatment practices -- Case studies of contaminated sites in California -- California Water Resources Control Board Study -- Analytical methods -- State Board isomer group study -- Congener specific survey -- Hazard evaluation -- Toxic equivalency factors -- Estimation of 2,3,7,8 congener - specific concentrations from isomer group data -- Setting a cleanup level. |
