A1 Journal article (refereed)
A Wood Preservative Metabolite in River Water (2005)
Khoroshko, L. O., Petrova, V. N., Viktorovskii, I. V., Lahtiperä, M., Sinkkonen, S., & Paasivirta, J. (2005). A Wood Preservative Metabolite in River Water. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 12 (2005)(1), 8-9. https://doi.org/10.1065/espr2004.11.224
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All authors or editors: Khoroshko, Larisa O.; Petrova, Varvara N.; Viktorovskii, Igor V.; Lahtiperä, Mirja; Sinkkonen, Seija; Paasivirta, Jaakko
Journal or series: Environmental Science and Pollution Research
ISSN: 0944-1344
Publication year: 2005
Volume: 12 (2005)
Issue number: 1
Pages range: 8-9
Publisher: Ecomed
Place of Publication: Landsberg
Publication country: Germany
Publication language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1065/espr2004.11.224
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Abstract
A previously unknown pollutant in river water was identified to be 2-mercaptobenzothiazole (2-MBT) by interpretation and simulation of its GC/LRMS spectrum. Further GC/HRMS measurement of the isotope composition of the molecular ion verified this structure. 2-MBT is a well-known agent for corrosion inhibition and a stable metabolite of several other benzothiazoles. The present 2-MBT trace was most probably a metabolite of the wood preservative TCMTB which leaked from an upstream sawmill. The metabolite had been detected earlier in urine of the sawmill workers, but now was identified in the recipient water environment for the first time.
Keywords: wood preservatives; water systems; pollution
Free keywords: Altax; GC/MS; TDMBT; water pollutants; wood preservative; 2-(thiocyano-methylthio)benzothiazole; 2.MBT; 2-mercaptobenzothiazole
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