Bisphenol a contamination in Canadian municipal and industrial wastewater and sludge samples

Water Quality Research Journal of Canada

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 283-298

  Hing Biu, Lee ^b   Peart, Thomas E ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bisphenol A; BPA; Industrial wastewater; Pulp and paper mill samples; Sewage effluent; Sludge

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; CANADA; CARBON DIOXIDE; DRY CLEANING INDUSTRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PACKAGING; PAPER INDUSTRY; PULP MILL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CONTAMINATION; EFFLUENTS; EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PAPER AND PULP MILLS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER; WATER ANALYSIS;

BISPHENOL A; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER; SEWAGE EFFLUENT;

PHENOLS;

ORGANIC COMPOUND; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0034081007     PISSN: 12013080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wqrj.2000.018     Document Type: Article

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