Risks to human health and estuarine ecology posed by pulling out creosote-treated timber on oyster farms

• Published in: Aquatic Toxicology
• Main Author: Smith, Paul T. (R8607)
• Other Authors: School of Science and Health (Host institution)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands, Elsevier 2008
• Subjects: 050207 - Environmental Rehabilitation (excl. Bioremediation); Pacific; Port Stephens; Crassostrea gigas
• Online Access: http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/552604; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2007.11.009

Five oyster farms in Port Stephens, Australia were studied to identify consequences of using creosote-treated posts and the risks posed by removing the posts. Gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC/MS) was used to measure polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and phenols in sediment...