Journal article
Toxicity assessment of collected fractions from an extracted naphthenic acid mixture
Abstract
Recent expansion within the oil sands industry of the Athabasca Basin of Alberta, Canada has led to increased concern regarding process-affected wastewaters produced during bitumen extraction. Naphthenic acids (NAs) have been identified as the primary toxic constituents of oil sands process-affected waters (OSPW) and studies have shown that with time, microbial degradation of lower molecular weight NAs has led to a decrease in observed …
Authors
Frank RA; Kavanagh R; Burnison BK; Arsenault G; Headley JV; Peru KM; Van Der Kraak G; Solomon KR
Journal
Chemosphere, Vol. 72, No. 9, pp. 1309–1314
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
7 2008
DOI
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.04.078
ISSN
0045-6535