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Science 13 October 1972:
Vol. 178. no. 4057, pp. 158 - 160
DOI: 10.1126/science.178.4057.158
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Water Pollution: Organic Compounds in the Charles River, Boston

Ronald A. Hites 1 and K. Biemann 1

1 Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139

The major lipophilic organic compounds present in water collected during November and December 1971 from the Charles River Basin (Boston) are as follows: normal alkanes (C15 to C31), alkyl naphthalenes, alkyl anthracenes or phenanthrenes, pyrene, fluoranthene, dibutyl phthalate, and di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate. The concentration of the naphthalenes (determined by liquid chromatography) correlates with the effective storm-water runoff content of the river. These data suggest a multiplicity of sources ranging from indigenous biological materials to automobile exhaust condensate.


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