Industrial Ocean Dumping in EPA Region II — Regulatory Aspects

Anderson, Patrick J.; Dewling, Richard T.

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“…The wastes were taken to storage tanks, where they were pooled and stored until loaded into barges for transport to the dumpsite. Chemical and physical properties of composite pharmaceutical waste (CPW) have been described (Anderson & Dewling 1981;Atlas et al 1981; Schwab et a/. 1981), and those of the CPW employed in these studies are summarized as follows: pH of 6.0, total organic carbon load of 42000 mg/l, and a heavy metal content of less than 1.0 mg/l (Anderson & Dewling 1981).…”

Section: P H a R M A C E U T I C A L W A S T Ementioning

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“…Chemical and physical properties of composite pharmaceutical waste (CPW) have been described (Anderson & Dewling 1981;Atlas et al 1981; Schwab et a/. 1981), and those of the CPW employed in these studies are summarized as follows: pH of 6.0, total organic carbon load of 42000 mg/l, and a heavy metal content of less than 1.0 mg/l (Anderson & Dewling 1981). The most notable and constant feature of the CPW was the presence of volatile organic compounds, mainly butanol and dimethylaniline; benzene, toluene, and xylenes in high concentrations also were constituents of the CPW (Atlas et al 1981;Schwab et al 1981).…”

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Allogenic succession of marine bacterial communities in response to pharmaceutical waste

Grimes

Singleton

Colwell

1984

Journal of Applied Bacteriology

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Vibrio spp. predominated in the culturable bacterial community of surface waters of the Puerto Rico Trench at the site of disposal for nearly ten years of pharmaceutical wastes. In this area and surrounding waters as far as 1000 km north of the dumpsite and south into the Caribbean Sea, Vibrio spp. comprised up to 100% of the culturable bacteria, with Acinetobacter spp. being the second most prevalent group. Pseudomonas spp., reported to be common in these waters a decade earlier, were virtually absent from all samples examined during a three year study involving 9 cruises. Staphylococcus spp. were also found in water samples collected within the dumpsite. Using cultures isolated from surface water samples collected at the dumpsite, laboratory experiments confirmed that pharmaceutical waste can enrich for Vibrio spp., in preference to Pseudomonas spp., with growth of the strains proportional to the amount of waste added.

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confidence: 99%