Does sunlight change the material and content of polyethylene terephthalate (pet) bottles?

Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology - AQUA

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 125-133

  Wegelin, M ^a,b,c,d,e   Canonica, S ^a,b,c,d,e   Alder, C ^a,b,c,d,e   Marazuela, D ^a,b,c,d,e   Suter, M J F ^a,b,c,d,e   Bucheli, Th D ^a,b,c,d,e   Haefliger, O P ^a,b,c,d,e   Zenobi, R ^a,b,c,d,e   McGuigan, K G ^a,b,c,d,e   Kelly, M T ^a,b,c,d,e   Ibrahim, P ^a,b,c,d,e   Larroque, M ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d University of Sciences   (Malaysia)

^e UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

PET (polyethylene terephthalate); Photoproducts; Solar radiation; Water disinfection

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; MICROORGANISMS; PLASTICS; POLYETHYLENES; SOLAR RADIATION;

PHOTOPRODUCTS;

WATER SUPPLY;

CONTAINER; LIGHT; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0034986284     PISSN: 00037214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/aqua.2001.0012     Document Type: Article

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