A method for evaluating consumer product ingredient contributions to surface and drinking water: Boron as a test case

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2070-2081

  Dyer, Scott D ^a   Caprara, Robert J ^b  

^a PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^b Raptor Consulting Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Boron; Consumer products; ROUT; STORET; Water

Indexed keywords

BORON; DRINKING WATER; SILICATE; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0030803127     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<2070:AMFECP>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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