Degen, Marcia J.2014-03-142014-03-141985-01-15etd-03302010-020601http://hdl.handle.net/10919/31579New chemical substances being considered for use today are required by law to be evaluated for potential toxic effects upon disposal to the environment. A thorough evaluation, however, is complex, time-consuming, expensive, and impossible to perform on each new substance. In this study the potential toxic effects of a new carpet additive with antimicrobial properties and the associated process waste stream from a textile facility were considered. The wastewater from the rest of the plant was currently being treated in a land application disposal system. An assessment of the toxicity of the antimicrobial additive was made using conventional greenhouse studies. This assessment was compared to the results obtained from three short-term toxicity tests performed on the same set of solutions. The short-term tests used were a corn seedling bioassay, adenosine triphosphate measurements, and bacterial bioluminescence. These short-term tests were evaluated as to their utility as screening tools and as monitoring devices for toxic substances.x, 146 leavesBTDapplication/pdfIn CopyrightLD5655.V855 1985.D433Rug and carpet industry -- Waste disposal -- Environmental aspectsTextile chemicals -- Environmental aspectsTextile finishing -- Waste disposal -- Environmental aspectsThesishttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03302010-020601/