Photolytic method for destruction of dioxins in liquid laboratory waste and identification of the photoproducts from 2, 3, 7, 8-TCDD

AD Konstantinov, AM Johnston, BJ Cox…

Index: Konstantinov, Alexandre D.; Johnston, Andrea M.; Cox, Brian J.; Petrulis, John R.; Orzechowski, Monika T.; Bunce, Nigel J.; Tashiro, Colleen H. M.; Chittim, Brock G. Environmental Science and Technology, 2000 , vol. 34, # 1 p. 143 - 148

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Abstract

Analytical and other research laboratories that generate small volumes of dioxin-containing wastes have no convenient method for their disposal. We have used ultraviolet photolysis with a low-pressure mercury lamp to destroy dioxin-like compounds, both as individual congeners and in actual waste analytical samples, down to nondetect levels. Photolysis promises to be an efficient, safe, and inexpensive method for on-site treatment of liquid ...