Contamination of bottled waters with antimony leaching from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) increases upon storage

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1560-1563

  Shotyk, William ^a   Krachler, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTESIAN FLOW; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LEACHING; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POTABLE WATER;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ANTIMONY; BOTTLED WATER; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; TAP WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LEACHING; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POTABLE WATER;

ANTIMONY; DRINKING WATER; LEACHING; PLASTIC; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLYMER; STORAGE; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CANADA; EUROPE; GERMANY; HONG KONG; HOUSEHOLD; JAPAN; LEACHING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STORAGE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ANTIMONY; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; BADEN-WURTTEMBERG; BAMMENTAL; CANADA; CENTRAL EUROPE; CHINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; FRANCE; GERMANY; HONG KONG; JAPAN; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33847637550     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es061511+     Document Type: Article

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