Environmental Fate and Effects of Pulp and Paper

In recent years, there have been emerging concerns regarding the fate and effects of pulp and paper mill effluents on the environment. Countries throughout the world are focusing attention on the implementation of regulatory and monitoring programs. In response, industry has begun to implement a variety of process and treatment technologies designed to minimize or eliminate the potential impacts. Environmental Fate and Effects of Pulp and Paper Mill Effluents explores the most active and critical current research and experimentation from around the world. This comprehensive overview examines the identity and origin of chemicals in pulp mill effluents, environmental fate of chemicals from pulp and paper mills, bioaccumulation of substances from pulp mills to fish and wildlife, field and laboratory studies of biochemical and whole organism responses associated with pulp and paper effluents, integrated monitoring and future research, and policy directions of this rapidly evolving field. Written by prominent scientists from around the world with contributions from industry, government, and academia, this important new book provides a balanced global perspective of the recent scientific findings and the challenges being faced in the immediate future.

Mark R. Servos, Ph.D., is a research scientist with the Great Lakes Laboratory for Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Canada Department of Fisheries and Oceans in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. His research interests are primarily directed at understanding the environmental chemistry, distribution, and effects of organic contaminants in aquatic ecosystems. Kelly R. Munkittrick, Ph.D., is a research scientist with the Great Lakes Laboratory for Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. His research interests are directed at determining the responses of fish to industrial effluents and discriminating factors influencing their responses. John H. Carey, Ph.D., is director of the Aquatic Ecosystems Conservation Branch, National Water Research Institute of Environment Canada in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. His research interests are in the processes controlling the distribution, fate and effects of contaminants in aquatic ecosystems. Glen J. Van Der Kraak, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Zoology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada. His research is centered on understanding how a variety of factors, including contaminants, influence endocrine function in fish.

IDENTIFICATION AND ORIGIN OF CHEMICALS AND TOXICITY Effects of Internal Process Changes and External Treatment on Effluent Chemistry Sources of Pulping and Bleaching Derived Chemicals in Effluents The Evolution of Processes for Production of Bleached Pulp Toxicity of TCF and ECF Pulp Bleaching Effluents Assessed by Biological Toxicity Tests ENVIRONMENTAL FATE Environmental Fate and Distribution of Substances Biodegradability of Different Size Classes of Bleached Kraft Pulp Mill Effluent Organic Halogens During Wastewater Treatment and in Lake Environments Analysis of Black Liquor Samples for Organosulfur Compounds Using GC/Atomic Emission Detection (AED) Turnover in Chloroorganic Substances in a Bothnian Sea Recipient Receiving Bleached Kraft Pulp Mill Effluents (BKME) BIOACCUMULATION OF SUBSTANCES FROM PULP AND PAPER MILLS TO FISH AND WILDLIFE Bioaccumulation of Bleached Kraft Mill-related Organic Chemicals in Fish Levels and Effects of Persistent Pollutants from Pulp and Paper Mill Sources in Wildlife Studies on Eulachon Tainting Problem: Analyses of Tainting and Toxic Aromatic Pollutants FIELD AND LABORATORY STUDIES OF BIOCHEMICAL RESPONSES ASSOCIATED WITH PULP AND PAPER MILL EFFLUENTS MFO Induction by Pulp Mill Effluents-Advances Since 1992 Biochemical Responses in Organisms Exposed to Effluents from Pulp Production-Are They Related to Bleaching? FIELD AND LABORATORY STUDIES OF WHOLE ORGANISM RESPONSES ASSOCIATED WITH PULP AND PAPER MILL EFFLUENTS Laboratory Responses of Whole Organisms Exposed to Pulp and Paper Mill Effluents: 1991-1994 Survival, Growth, Production and Biomarker Responses of Fish Exposed to High Substitution Bleached Kraft Mill Effluent in Experimental Streams Effect Monitoring in Pulp Mill Areas-Response of Meiofauna Community to Altered Process Technique Effects of Pulp Mill Effluent on Benthic Freshwater Invertebrates: Food Availability and Stimulation of Increased Growth and Dev