Chlorinated organic compounds in liquid wastes (DNAPL) from lindane production dumped in landfills in Sabiñanigo (Spain)

• Published in: Environmental pollution (1987) Vol. 242; no. Pt B; pp. 1616 - 1624
• Main Authors: Santos, A., Fernández, J., Guadaño, J., Lorenzo, D., Romero, A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2018
• Subjects: Chlorobenzenes; DNAPL; GC/MSD; Heptachlorocyclohexanes; Landfill; Lindane; DNAPL; Heptachlorocyclohexanes; Landfill; GC/MSD; Chlorobenzenes; Lindane

α, β and γ-hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) are persistent and bioaccumulative pollutants and they were included in the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). Old lindane factories generated high amounts of wastes with HCH and other Chlorinated Organic Compounds (COCS). These were...