Herbicide Orange Site Treatment and Environmental Monitoring: Summary Report and Recommendations for Naval Construction Battalion Center, Gulfport, Mississippi.
Abstract
Environmental surveys of the soils, plants and the aquatic system in and around a 12-acre Herbicide Orange storage area at Gulfport MS were conducted from 1970 through 1979. The major objectives of the surveys were to (1) determine the magnitude of Herbicide Orange contamination on the storage area; (2) determine the fate of the phenoxy herbicides 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T, their phenolic degradation products and TCDD in soils of the storage area; (3) monitor movements of residues from the storage area into adjacent water, sediments and biological organisms; and (4) recommend managerial techniques for minimizing the impact of the herbicides and TCDD residues on the ecology and human populations adjacent or near the storage area. High levels of TCDD (e.g., 100-200 parts per billion (ppb) were associated with spill sites on the herbicides storage area. The primary recommendation is that the 12-acre Herbicide Orange storage can be left undisturbed permitting the continuation of natural degradation of the herbicides and TCDD. Originator supplied keywords include: aquatic studies, bioaccumulation, biodegradation of TCDD, chlorinated phenols, ecological effects, 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), environmental monitoring, herbicides, Herbicide Orange, dioxin, Orange, phenoxy herbicides, PACER HO, soil microbial studies, TCDD, 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-rho-dioxin (TCDD), 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA153775
Entities
People
- A. L. Young
- C. E. Thalken
- W. J. Cairney