Pharmaceutical and personal care products in tile drainage following land application of municipal biosolids

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 399, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 50-65

  Lapen, D R ^a   Topp, E ^a   Metcalfe, C D ^b   Li, H ^b   Edwards, M ^a   Gottschall, N ^a   Bolton, P ^a   Curnoe, W ^c   Payne, M ^d   Beck, A ^e  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS   (Canada)

^e HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biosolids; Land application; Pharmaceuticals; Rhodamine WT; Sewage; Tile drainage

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; DRUG PRODUCTS; SOILS; SURFACE WATERS;

LAND APPLICATION; RHODAMINE WT; TILE DRAINAGE;

BIOSOLIDS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ATENOLOL; CARBAMAZEPINE; COTININE; FLUORESCENT DYE; GEMFIBROZIL; IBUPROFEN; NAPROXEN; PARACETAMOL; RHODAMINE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFAPYRIDINE; TRICLOSAN;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOSOLID; DRAINAGE; DRUG; FARMING SYSTEM; SEWAGE; TILE DRAIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSOLID; EFFLUENT; HYDROGRAPHY; LAND DRAINAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE; SOIL PROPERTY; TILLAGE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; HUMANS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; RHODAMINES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 44649083101     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.02.025     Document Type: Article

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