Author : Hongxia Yu, Huihua Shang, Tielian Xu, Yuxia Cui, Ling Yang, Hongjun Jin, Liansheng Wang.

Address : State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China

Abstract : Application of toxicity identification evaluation procedures to an effluent from a nitrogenous fertilizer plant in China.

Journal : Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety,

Volume No. : 55(2)

Publish Year : 2003

Page No. : 223-226

Main Data : The integrated method combining chemistry and toxicology, toxicity identification evaluation (TIE), was conducted to identify key toxicants in an effluent from a nitrogen fertilizer plant in China. Toxicity characterization, phase I of TIE, revealed that the suspected toxicant in the effluent was an anion that could be changed into a volatile acid. The results of toxicity identification and confirmation procedures indicated potassium cyanide to be the primary toxicant in the effluent.