Fate and toxicity of spilled chemicals in groundwater and soil environment I: strong acids.

Autor: Shin D; Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, Daejeon, Republic of Korea., Kim Y; Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, Daejeon, Republic of Korea., Moon HS; Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Environmental health and toxicology [Environ Health Toxicol] 2018 Dec; Vol. 33 (4), pp. e2018019. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Dec 13.
DOI: 10.5620/eht.e2018019
Abstrakt: We reviewed the chemical/physical properties, toxicity, environmental fate, and ecotoxicity of strong acids in soil and groundwater environments. We recommend that sulfuric acid and hydrofluoric acid be classified as chemicals of priority control based on volumes used, toxicity, carcinogenicity, and past significant spill events. Understanding the behavior and transport of spilled strong acids in soil and groundwater environments requires a multi-disciplinary approach, as they can undergo a variety of geochemical and biochemical reactions with complex geomedia. The toxicity of spilled acid is dependent on the characteristics of the geomedia exposed to the acid and the amount of residual protons following acid-substrate interaction. Soil texture, cation exchange capacity, mineral composition, bedrock type, and aluminum content may be important factors affecting the toxicity of spilled acid in soil-groundwater environments. We expect that the results of this study will contribute preliminary data for future research on chemical spills.
Databáze: MEDLINE