Book chapter
Synthetic Musk Fragrances in the Great Lakes
Great Lakes Need Great Watersheds, pp.121-121
05/01/2004
Abstract
Synthetic musk fragrances are semivolatile organic compounds used in cosmetics, perfumes, detergents, and other household products. These compounds are an emerging class of contaminants of environmental concern due to their tendency to bioaccumulate and potential endocrine disrupting effects. Two nitro-musks, musk xylene and musk ketone, and six polycyclic musks, AHTN, ATII, DPMI, AHDI, ADBI, and HHCB are currently measured in our laboratory. The most important input of these compounds to the Great Lakes is the discharge of wastewater effluent. Approximately 3,500 kg/y of these compounds enter Lake Michigan annually from wastewater treatment plants. Gaseous deposition is a minor input, while volatilization from the lakes is an important loss mechanism. Airborne-particulate deposition to the lakes is a negligible input to the lakes. Photolysis of HHCB and AHTN also contribute to the losses of these compounds from the Great Lakes. Sedimentation of these compounds is a relatively minor loss process due to the low concentrations of musks associated with suspended sediments. These processes controlling synthetic musk concentrations in the lakes will be discussed along with water and atmospheric measurements on several of the lakes.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Synthetic Musk Fragrances in the Great Lakes
- Creators
- A M PeckK C Hornbuckle
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Great Lakes Need Great Watersheds, pp.121-121
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/01/2004
- Academic Unit
- Occupational and Environmental Health; Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9983997983602771
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