Polychlorinated naphthalenes: an environmental update

J Falandysz - Environmental Pollution, 1998 - Elsevier
Polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs; CNs) form a complex mixture of up to 75 congeners
containing from one to eight chlorine atoms per naphthalene molecule. Chloronaphthalenes …

Assessment of organic contanhnant fate in waste water treatment plants I: selected compounds and physicochemical properties

RE Alcock, A Sweetman, KC Jones - Chemosphere, 1999 - Elsevier
An extensive and comprehensive literature review has been conducted for compounds
which we hypothesise could be present in sludge and maintain their integrity following …

Relative potencies of individual polychlorinated naphthalenes and halowax mixtures to induce Ah receptor-mediated responses

AL Blankenship, K Kannan, SA Villalobos… - … science & technology, 2000 - ACS Publications
Polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) are ubiquitous environmental pollutants that are
structurally similar to other polychlorinated diaromatic hydrocarbons (PCDHs), such as …

Relative Potencies of Individual Polychlorinated Naphthalenes to Induce Dioxin-Like Responses in Fish and Mammalian In Vitro Bioassays

DL Villeneuve, K Kannan, JS Khim, J Falandysz… - Archives of …, 2000 - Springer
A growing body of evidence suggests that polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) may be
fairly widespread environmental contaminants. This may be cause for concern because …

Passive sampling for long-term monitoring of organic pollutants in water

A Kot, B Zabiegała, J Namieśnik - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2000 - Elsevier
Commonly used monitoring systems usually record only pollutant concentrations at a
specific point in time. Passive dosimetry, widely used to monitor air pollutants, can also be …

Measurement of octanol− air partition coefficients for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and polychlorinated naphthalenes

T Harner, TF Bidleman - Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, 1998 - ACS Publications
Measurements of the octanol− air partition coefficient, K OA, are reported for 4 polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and 24 polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) as a function …

Sampling, pretreatment, instrumental analysis, and observed concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated naphthalenes, and halogenated …

K Noro, R Omagari, K Ito, Q Wang, K Sei… - TrAC Trends in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs), and
halogenated PAHs (XPAHs) are widespread organic pollutants found in the environment …

Polychloronaphthalenes and other dioxin-like compounds in Arctic and Antarctic marine food webs

S Corsolini, K Kannan, T Imagawa… - … science & technology, 2002 - ACS Publications
Here we report accumulation patterns of polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs),
polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) …

Isomer-specific analysis and toxic evaluation of polychlorinated naphthalenes in soil, sediment, and biota collected near the site of a former chlor-alkali plant

K Kannan, T Imagawa, AL Blankenship… - … science & technology, 1998 - ACS Publications
Concentrations and composition of polychlorinated naphthalene (PCN) congeners were
determined in soil, sediments, blue crab, striped mullet, and boat-tailed grackle collected …

Polychlorinated naphthalenes in polar environments—a review

TF Bidleman, PA Helm, BM Braune… - Science of the Total …, 2010 - Elsevier
Polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) consist of naphthalene substituted with 1–8 chlorines,
yielding 75 possible congeners. They were formerly used in industry, occur at trace levels in …