Environmental Degradation of 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD)
Abstract
Herbicide formulations containing known amounts of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) and exposed to natural sunlight on leaves, soil, or glass plates lost most or all of the TCDD during a single day, due principally to photochemical dechlorination. Despite the known persistence of pure TCDD, it is not stable as a contaminant in thin herbicide films exposed to outdoor light.
- Publication:
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Science
- Pub Date:
- March 1977
- DOI:
- 10.1126/science.841331
- Bibcode:
- 1977Sci...195.1337C