Plasticizers and related toxic degradation products in wastewater sludges

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 367-374

  Beauchesne, Isabel ^a   Barnabé, Simon ^a   Cooper, David G ^b   Nicell, Jim A ^b  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Degradation products; DEHA; DEHP; Plasticizers; Sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION PRODUCT;

BIODEGRADATION; DEWATERING; DRYING; EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; METABOLITES; PLASTICIZERS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; TOXIC MATERIALS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

2 ETHYLHEXANAL; 2 ETHYLHEXANOIC ACID; 2 ETHYLHEXANOL; ADIPIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; ESTER; HEXANAL; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PLASTICIZER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIODEGRADATION; DEWATERING; DRYING; EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; METABOLITES; PLASTICIZERS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; TOXIC MATERIALS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DEGRADATION; EFFLUENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; SLUDGE; TOXIC MATERIAL; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; METABOLITE; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SLUDGE; SLUDGE DEWATERING; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SLUDGE DRYING; URBAN AREA; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADIPIC ACIDS; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; PLASTICIZERS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SEWAGE; TEMPERATURE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 41149172265     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2008.001     Document Type: Article

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