Environmental impact of a new hazardous waste incinerator in Catalonia, Spain: PCDD/PCDF levels in herbage samples

Chemosphere

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 187-193

  Schuhmacher, M ^a   Rodriguez Larena, M C ^b   Agramunt, M C ^a   Diaz Ferrero, J ^b   Domingo, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT QUÍMIC DE SARRIÀ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hazardous waste incinerator; Herbage samples; Polychlorinated dibenzo p dioxins; Polychlorinated dibenzofurans; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; HAZARDS; SAMPLING;

ATMOSPHERIC LEVELS;

WASTE INCINERATION;

POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; CHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS; DRUG DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORODIBENZO 4 DIOXIN; POLYCHLORODIBENZO-4-DIOXIN;

HAZARDOUS WASTE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HERBAGE; INCINERATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPAIN; PLANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BENZOFURANS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAZARDOUS WASTE; INCINERATION; PLANTS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPAIN; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

EID: 0035986643     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(02)00079-6     Document Type: Article

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