Accession Number:

AD0777902

Title:

Mammalian Toxicology and Toxicity to Aquatic Organisms of Nitroglycerin, A Waterborne Munitions Waste Pollutant - A Literature Evaluation

Descriptive Note:

[Technical Report, Final Report]

Corporate Author:

TULANE UNIV NEW ORLEANS LA

Personal Author(s):

• Dacre, Jack C.
• Tew, Richard W.

Report Date:

1973-11-01

Pagination or Media Count:

45

Abstract:

Nitroglycerin appears to be relatively non-toxic in acute, subacute and chronic studies it is metabolized rapidly to non-toxic compounds in animals and man. This information would indicate that there should be no real hazard in munitions wastes from nitroglycerin, its metabolites or possible breakdown products. Attention however is drawn to the possible carcinogenic hazard of these aliphatic nitrates through N-nitrosamine formation in the organism or environment and to the potentiality of interaction of nitroglycerin and its analogs with other chemicals in the wastes.

Descriptors:

• health services
• chemistry
• nitroglycerin
• liquid explosives
• cardiovascular physiological phenomena
• cardiovascular system
• blood
• birds
• cellular structures
• laboratory animals
• nitrogen compounds
• cells
• nitric acid
• acids
• alcohols
• chemical compounds
• esters

Subject Categories:

• Toxicology
• Water Pollution and Control

Distribution Statement:

[A, Approved For Public Release]