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The Use of Low Cost Mass Spectrometers for the Analysis of Organic Micropollutants in Water Read chapter Read first chapter

1988 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

The Sandoz Accident

Author : Bendicht Hurni

Published in: Organic Micropollutants in the Aquatic Environment

Publisher: Springer Netherlands

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The cause, course of events, and consequences of the Sandoz warehouse fire, Schweizerhalle, Switzerland, on 1st November 1986, are presented. The flux of matter to the atmosphere, to the soil, to the groundwater and to the Rhine River is discussed, and the chemicals released to the environment are characterized. Some aspects of the clean up operations and their success are also described.

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Title
The Sandoz Accident
Author
Bendicht Hurni
Copyright Year
1988
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Book
Organic Micropollutants in the Aquatic Environment

Print ISBN: 978-94-010-7843-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-94-009-2989-0

Copyright Year: 1988

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2989-0_19