Proceedings Environmental Research : 1991 technology transfer conference, Volume 1 feature presentations; environmental transport and fate; environmental effects; environmental management options /

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I PROCEEDINGS
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH:
1991 TECHNOLOGY TRANFER CONFERENCE
November 25 & 26, 1991
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Four Seasons
Inn on the Park
Toronto, Ontario
VOLUME I
FEATURE PRESENTATIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT AND FATE
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT OPTIONS
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Sponsored by
Research and Technology Branch
Environment Ontario
Ontario, Canada
Introduction
Environment Ontario holds its annual Technology Transfer
Conference to report and publicize the progress made on
Ministry-funded projects. These studies are carried out
in Ontario universities and by private research
organizations and companies.
The papers presented at the Environmental Research: 1991
Technology Transfer Conference are published in two
volumes of conference proceedings corresponding to the
following sessions:
VOLUME I: FEATURE PRESENTATIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT AND FATE
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT OPTIONS
VOLUME II: FEATURE PRESENTATIONS
EMISSIONS AND EFFLUENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES PROGRAM
PREVENTION, TREATMENT r
AND REMEDIATION
TECHNOLOGIES/BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume I is comprised of presentations given during
Session A, Session B and Session C of the conference, as
well as all Feature Presentations.
For reference purposes, indices for all sessions may be
found at the front of both volumes.
For further information on any of the papers, please
contact either the authors or the Research and Technology
Branch at [phone] or 323-4573
Acknowledgments
The Conference Committee would like to thank, the authors
for their valuable contributions to environmental research
in Ontario.
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Disclaimer
The views and ideas expressed in these papers are those of
the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views and
policies of Environment Ontario, nor does mention of trade
names or commercial products constitute endorsement or
recommendation for use_
VOLUMEI
INDEX
Feature Presenters Page
Environmental Transport and Fate
Al Transport, Fate and Effect of
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Pollutants in the Biosphere;
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A9 An Archaeological View of Modern 2
Landfills; W N Hughes. University of
Arii,(:,on Arizona, U.S A
Environmental Effects
B13 Environmental Transport and 3
Human Exposure: A Multimedia
Approach in Health Risk Policy;
T E ',ScKone. Lr,-ermore
N,-,t, onal Lal)o(a:urv 'uvcrniore
Cah:omia U S A
B15 The Francis W. Karasek Award 7
Winner - Dioxin Anaylsis-State of
the Art: The Study of Multimedia
Contaminants; R C!e-o-i;
C'` o
Environment On;n- c
Environment Management Options
C5 The Multimedia Approach and 14
Pollution Prevention: What Do We
Know? What Do We Need to Know?;
Hamilton. Ontario
Emissions and Effluents
D3 Costs and Benefits of Improved 19
Environmental Control - Some
Case Histories at INCO;
'.'v C' F, ;I;i,;o,i n, rrrc. Toronto.
Volume I Page
Prevention, Treatment and Remediation
F2 A Consumer Perspective to Waste 20
Prevention and Reduction;
R Lotzkar. Ew ronmentally Sound
Packag ng CoaNion and Consumers' I
Association of Canada. Vancouver,
Bnlish Columbia
Technologies/Biotechnology
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G7 Close Encounters of the Immune 21
Kind: Antibody-Based Tests for
Environmental Chemicals;
B Ferguson ImmunoSystems Inc ,
Scarborough Maine. U S A I
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VOLUME I
SESSION A: ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
AND FATE
Verbal Presentations Page
A2 CO2 Production and Carbon 22
Cycling in Precambrian Shield
Watersheds; R Aravena a-)(_j
t. S^h ii U'i,versiiy of 'Jlater oo,
W---.r!oo Ontaroo
A3 Atmospheric Chemistry at the 31
Dorset Site; D R Hast e, R Berman
H 1 Sch ff, S. Sharma and
PB Shepson. York University North
York Ontario
A4 The Development of a Long 42
Range Transport Model with
a Nested Fine Resolution Grid;
M N adomsk The ME? Company.
Ma,khairn, Ontario
AS Modelling Concentration 50
Fluctuations in the Atmosphere;
Gccone ind E Alp. Concord
Env ronmental Corporation. Downsview,
Ontario
A6 Measurements of Natural and 62
Anthropogenic Volatile Organic
Compounds in the Regional
Atmosphere; H N k, B H Khouw,
Z W,r. T Jobson, J La. D He and
E T_ m:)er. York University, North York
Ontario
A7 Analysis of Spatial and Temporal 75
Distribution of Inhaleable Air
Particulates in Ontario; R. a Martin
J L T Lee and M Guiiiacci University
of Wcs',c rn Ontario London. Ontario
and P Wong, J H pfner and R Moody.
Laboratory Services Branch.
Environment Ontario. Rexdaie. Ontario
Volume I Page
A8 The Application of Direct 85
Trilinear Decomposition (DTD) to
Real Airborne Particle Composition
Data; PK Hopke. M D Cheng and Y
Zeng University Potsdam
Ne . vr;rk. U S A
A10 Stabilization of Waste in a 95
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Landfill Environment; DW K rk
M Mod! and J W Graydon University
of Toronto. Toronto Oniar!r;
All Physical Modelling of 105
Contaminant Plumes from Landfills;
R J Mitchell Queen s
Knciston Ontario
A12 Experiments on Dissolution of 114
Trichloroethylene Immobilized in
Sand; P Lamarche. G J Farallihar arid
J F %Kes University o! Waterloo
Wa!erloo, Ontario
A13 The Influence of pH and Chloride 123
on the Retention of Zinc, Lead,
Cadmium and Mercury by Soil;
L J Evans. DG Lumsdon and
K A Bolton, Unwers[ty of Guelph
Guelph Ontario
A14 Chemical Exposure Pathways in 131
Ontario; D Mackay and S Paterson,
Universty of Toronto Torenlo Ontario
A15 Food Web Dynamics and 139
Contaminant Exposure in Aquatic
Ecosystems; G D Haf`ner aria
FA PC Gobas Unr;ersity of IN ndsor.
Windso, Ontario
A16 PCB Dynamics in a 150
Southwestern Ontario Creek;
DT Za,anko. N Kausnik and
K Solomon, University of Guelph.
Guelph. Ontario and R W Griffiths
Environment Ontario. London, Ontario
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VOLUME I
SESSION A: ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
AND FATE
Poster Presentations Page
AP1 The Effectiveness of a Stormwater 161
Management Pond in the Removal
of Urban Contaminants from
Stormwater; VV E Wait anc J D Paine.
Queen s Un.versity Kinnston Ontario
AP2 Bioconcentration of Chlorinated 164
1 Organic Chemicals in Field Exposed
Fish; R W Russell and G D Haffner.
UnrverSil, of Windsor, Windsor, Onlano
t acd FA PC Gobas. Simon Fraser
Universjty B'_g 3by Br',Sh Columbia
AP3 Tillage and Event Based Soil and 167
Water Loss: Scale Linkages;
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R G KaChanosk, WT Dickinson
University of Guelph Guelph. Ontario
and R Rudra University of Waterloo
`PJaterlc,a Cntano
AP4 Bias Due to Sampling Groundwater 173
and Surface Water for Trace Organic
Contaminants; J T Hoff, C Arthur
D B<:er J F Barker and R W Gillham.
University of Waterloo. Waterloo.
Ontario
AP5 Determination of Geochemical 179
Modification of Groundwater
Entering Surface Waters from an
Industrial and Municipal Disposal
Site; D R Lee and H A Allsop.
1n:vets ty of Waterloo. Waterloo
Ontario and S J Welch, Chalk River
Laboratories. Chalk River, Ontario