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Organic components in leachates from hazardous waste disposal sites

Akio Yasuhara

National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan

Hiroaki Shiraishi

National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan

Masataka Nishikawa

National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan

Takashi Yamamoto

National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan

Osami Nakasugi

National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan

Tameo Okumura

Environmental Pollution Control Center, Osaka Prefecture, 1-3-62 Nakamachi, Higashinari-ku, Osaka 537, Japan

Katashi Kenmotsu

Okayama Prefectural Institute for Environmental Science and Public Health, 739-1 Uchino, Okayama 701-02, Japan

Hiroshi Fukui

Kanagawa Environmental Research Center, 842 Shimojuku, Nakahara, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa 254, Japan

Makoto Nagase

Fukuoka Institute of Health and Environmental Sciences, 39 Mukaeda, Mukaisano, Dazaifu, Fukuoka 818-01, Japan

Yasunori Kawagoshi

Osaka City Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences, 8-34 Tohjo-cho, Tennoji-ku, Osaka 543, Japan

Organic compounds and inorganic elements were determined in leachates from 11 landfill sites in Japan. With regard to the inorganic elements, the concentration of boron was found to be fairly high. More than 100 organic compounds were detected and several important compounds such as organic phosphates, 1,4-dioxane, phthalates, and bisphenol A were present at high concentrations. Waste plastics are a possible origin for these compounds. The ratio of characterized compounds to total organic carbon was unexpectedly low. Phenols and ethers were the main components as deduced from the carbon contents. Most of the chlorine appears to be present as non-volatile substances.

Key Words: 1 • 4-dioxane • bisphenol A • boron • endocrine disruptors • hazardous wastes • leachates • organic phosphates • Japan

Waste Management & Research, Vol. 17, No. 3, 186-197 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X9901700304
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