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Environmental Sciences Seminar Abstract Organohalogen
Compounds In The Environment From The Micro To The Macro Scale Organohalogen compounds have myriad
uses, including applications as solvents, flame retardants, electrical fluids,
and pesticides, to name only a few. This class of compounds, which includes
PCBs, chlorinated ethylenes, and polybrominated diphenyl ethers, are therefore
ubiquitous contaminants. This seminar will discuss the fate and transport of
such compounds from the sub-molecular level, using computational chemistry to
predict their reactivity and degradation products, to the regional scale of
predicting their fate in systems such as the New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary
and the Delaware River Basin. Applications of computational chemistry and
quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSARs) to the design of
remediation systems and to the understanding of environmental degradation rates
and pathways will be discussed. |
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