PMID- 22777609
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130514
LR  - 20220330
IS  - 1614-7499 (Electronic)
IS  - 0944-1344 (Linking)
VI  - 20
IP  - 4
DP  - 2013 Apr
TI  - Dioxin/POPs legacy of pesticide production in Hamburg: part 1--securing of the 
      production area.
PG  - 1918-24
LID - 10.1007/s11356-012-1011-0 [doi]
AB  - alpha-Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH), beta-HCH, and gamma-HCH (lindane) were recently included 
      as new persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the Stockholm Convention. 
      Therefore, the chemicals need to be globally addressed, including the disposal of 
      historic wastes. At most sites, the approximately 85% of HCH waste isomers were 
      dumped. At a former lindane factory in Hamburg and some other factories the HCH, 
      waste was recycled producing residues with high polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin 
      and dibenzofuran (PCDD/PCDF) levels. The soil and ground water under the former 
      pesticide factory was/is highly contaminated with HCH (260 tons), chlorobenzenes 
      (550 tons), and PCDD/PCDF (6 kg toxic equivalents (TEQ)). This contamination did 
      not result from disposal operations but from spillages and leakages during the 30 
      years of the factory's production history. A containment wall has been 
      constructed around the production area to prevent the dispersal of the 
      pollutants. The ground water is managed by a pump and treat system. Over the last 
      15 years, approximately 10-30 tons of this pollution reservoir has been pumped 
      and incinerated. For the contaminated production buildings, specific assessment 
      and demolition technologies have been applied. In addition to their HCH waste 
      isomer deposition, former lindane/HCH productions need to be assessed for 
      possible recycling practice of HCH and related PCDD/PCDF contamination of the 
      production area and buildings. Since such recycling activities have taken place 
      at several factories in different countries, the experience of assessment and 
      management of the described production area and contaminated buildings could be 
      valuable. Such assessment could be addressed within the frame of the Stockholm 
      Convention.
FAU - Weber, Roland
AU  - Weber R
AD  - POPs Environmental Consulting, Goppingen, Germany. roland.weber10@web.de
FAU - Varbelow, Hans Gerhard
AU  - Varbelow HG
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20120710
PL  - Germany
TA  - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
JT  - Environmental science and pollution research international
JID - 9441769
RN  - 0 (Benzofurans)
RN  - 0 (Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated)
RN  - 0 (Hazardous Waste)
RN  - 0 (Industrial Waste)
RN  - 0 (Pesticide Residues)
RN  - 0 (Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins)
RN  - 0 (Soil Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
RN  - 59NEE7PCAB (Hexachlorocyclohexane)
RN  - 9Q963S4YMX (2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic Acid)
SB  - IM
MH  - 2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic Acid/analysis
MH  - Benzofurans/*analysis
MH  - Chemical Industry
MH  - Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated
MH  - Environmental Monitoring/*methods
MH  - Environmental Restoration and Remediation/*methods
MH  - Germany
MH  - Groundwater/chemistry
MH  - Hazardous Waste/*analysis
MH  - Hexachlorocyclohexane/analysis
MH  - Industrial Waste/*analysis
MH  - Pesticide Residues/*analysis
MH  - Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins/*analogs & derivatives/analysis
MH  - Recycling
MH  - Soil Pollutants/analysis
MH  - Water Pollutants, Chemical/analysis
MH  - Water Pollution, Chemical/analysis/prevention & control
EDAT- 2012/07/11 06:00
MHDA- 2013/05/15 06:00
CRDT- 2012/07/11 06:00
PHST- 2012/03/30 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2012/05/25 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2012/07/11 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/07/11 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/05/15 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1007/s11356-012-1011-0 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2013 Apr;20(4):1918-24. doi: 
      10.1007/s11356-012-1011-0. Epub 2012 Jul 10.