Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/B/S/2002/00259
Was the burning of coastal peats a pre-industrial revolution source of dioxins and furans?
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor A Meharg, University of Aberdeen, Plant and Soil Science
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor K Killham, University of Aberdeen, Inst of Biological and Environmental Sci
- Grant held at:
- University of Aberdeen, Plant and Soil Science
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Overall Classification:
- Terrestrial
- ENRIs:
- Pollution and Waste
- Science Topics:
- Ecotoxicology
- Abstract:
- Coastal peats, with high chloride contents, were widely used as fuels by coastal communities in the north and west of Scotland, and elsewhere. We postulate that the low temperature burning of peat by these coastal communities would have led to the production of considerable quantities of dioxins and furans, being a major pre-industrial source of these chemicals. If they were produced in large quantities, our understanding of organo-chlorines in the environment must be revised, and the health implications of these communities considered. This proposal will determine if burning of coastal peat was a major source of dioxins and furans, and determine if the generated pollution is still detectable in wastes produced from this peat burning.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/B/S/2002/00259
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Small Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Small Grants
This grant award has a total value of £17,449
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Other Costs |
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| £17,448 |
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