PMID- 22579403
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20120813
LR  - 20131121
IS  - 1873-3336 (Electronic)
IS  - 0304-3894 (Linking)
VI  - 221-222
DP  - 2012 Jun 30
TI  - Emissions from open burning of used agricultural pesticide containers.
PG  - 236-41
LID - 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.04.041 [doi]
AB  - Emissions from simulated open burning of used agricultural pesticide containers 
      were sampled for polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans 
      (PCDDs/PCDFs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compounds (PAHs), and particle 
      matter (PM(10) and PM(2.5)). Clean high density polyethylene (HDPE) containers, 
      containers with trace pesticide, and triple-rinsed containers were burned 
      separately in an open combustion facility and their emissions compared. Two 
      common chlorinated pesticides were used: 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) 
      and 1-chloro-3-ethylamino-5-isopropylamino-2,4,6-triazine (atrazine). PCDD/PCDF 
      emission factors ranged from 0.1 to 24ng toxic equivalents (TEQ)/kg C burned with 
      a mean and median of 4.9 and 1.9ng TEQ/kgC burned, respectively. In a limited 
      number of trials, the trace 2,4-D in the HDPE container led to a statistically 
      significant increase in PCDD/PCDF formation compare to all other conditions. 
      Residual atrazine did not lead to more PCDD/PCDF than the unrinsed 2,4-D 
      container. Total (16 compounds) PAH emission factors varied from 1.5 to 6.7mg/kgC 
      burned. These limited data suggest that rinsing the 2,4-D container prior to 
      burning reduces both PCDD/PCDF and PAH emissions. Nine PM(2.5) emission factors 
      ranged from 9 to 35mg/gC burned and ten PM(10) values ranged from 6 to 43mg/gC 
      burned. Neither pesticide appeared to have any effect on PM concentration.
CI  - Published by Elsevier B.V.
FAU - Gullett, Brian K
AU  - Gullett BK
AD  - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, 
      Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA. Gullett.Brian@epamail.epa.gov
FAU - Tabor, Dennis
AU  - Tabor D
FAU - Touati, Abderrahmane
AU  - Touati A
FAU - Kasai, Jeanne
AU  - Kasai J
FAU - Fitz, Nancy
AU  - Fitz N
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
DEP - 20120421
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - J Hazard Mater
JT  - Journal of hazardous materials
JID - 9422688
RN  - 0 (Air Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Herbicides)
RN  - 0 (Pesticides)
RN  - 0 (Polycyclic Compounds)
RN  - QJA9M5H4IM (Atrazine)
SB  - IM
MH  - *Agriculture
MH  - Air Pollutants/*analysis
MH  - Atrazine/analysis
MH  - Herbicides/analysis
MH  - *Hot Temperature
MH  - Particle Size
MH  - *Pesticides
MH  - Polycyclic Compounds/analysis
EDAT- 2012/05/15 06:00
MHDA- 2012/08/14 06:00
CRDT- 2012/05/15 06:00
PHST- 2012/02/06 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2012/04/13 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2012/04/16 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2012/05/15 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/05/15 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/08/14 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0304-3894(12)00432-3 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.04.041 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Hazard Mater. 2012 Jun 30;221-222:236-41. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.04.041. 
      Epub 2012 Apr 21.