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Identification of tire leachate toxicants and a risk assessment of water quality effects using tire reefs in canals

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  1. Environmental Sciences Section, Bureau of Reclamation, 80225, Denver, Colorado, USA

    S. M. Nelson & G. Mueller

  2. Lower Colorado Regional Office, P.O. Box 61470, 89006, Boulder City, Nevada, USA

    D. C. Hemphill

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Nelson, S.M., Mueller, G. & Hemphill, D.C. Identification of tire leachate toxicants and a risk assessment of water quality effects using tire reefs in canals. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 52, 574–581 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00194146

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