1978: Nufarm Laverton Industrial Waste. Pesticides: Multiple + Pentachlorophenol

The EPA's Principle Water Quality Officer attached the following appendix to the memorandum in which he considered the dioxin contamination. The concentrations of chemical present in Nufarm's unlicensed discharge were:-

2,4-D: 173.000ug/L

2,4,5-T: 4,000ug/L

Dicamba: 133,000ug/L

2,4-Dichlorophenol: 416,000ug/L

2,4,6-Trichlorophenol: 48,000ug/L

PCP: 6,000ug/L

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Nufarm Pentachlorophenol Incident

1977: Overchlorination causes unstable pentachlorphenol incident at Nufarm Plant

1978: The EPA’s Principle Water Quality Officer attached the following appendix to the memorandum in which he considered the dioxin contamination. The concentrations of chemical present in Nufarm’s unlicensed discharge were:-

2,4-D: 173.000ug/L

2,4,5-T: 4,000ug/L

Dicamba: 133,000ug/L

2,4-Dichlorophenol: 416,000ug/L

2,4,6-Trichlorophenol: 48,000ug/L

PCP: 6,000ug/L

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