Transport of testosterone and estrogen from dairy-farm waste lagoons to groundwater

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 5521-5526

  Arnon, Shai ^a   Dahan, Ofer ^a   Elhanany, Sara ^b   Cohen, Keren ^c   Pankratov, Irena ^b   Gross, Amit ^a   Ronen, Zeev ^a   Baram, Shahar ^a   Shore, Laurence S ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Israel Water Authority   (Israel)

^c KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINOLOGY; FARMS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FOOD PRODUCTS PLANTS; GROUNDWATER; HORMONES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAKES; MANURES; MECHANISMS; NITRATES; ONLINE SEARCHING; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; SORPTION; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WELL DRILLING;

CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS; DAIRY FARMS; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FATE AND TRANSPORT; FIELD CONDITIONS; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; REFERENCE SITES; SEDIMENT PROFILES; STEROIDAL HORMONES; SUBSURFACE ENVIRONMENTS; TRANSPORT MECHANISMS; TRANSPORT RATES; VADOSE ZONES; WASTE LAGOONS;

SEWAGE LAGOONS;

CHLORIDE; ESTROGEN; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; TESTOSTERONE;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAIRY FARMING; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LAGOON; MANURE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TESTOSTERONE; VADOSE ZONE; WASTEWATER;

ADVECTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DAIRY INDUSTRY; DISPERSION; DRILL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FIELD STUDY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE TRANSPORT; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; LAGOON; MANURE; PARAMETER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SIMULATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTENT; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; DAIRYING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTROGENS; FRESH WATER; MANURE; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TESTOSTERONE; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 48749127454     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es800784m     Document Type: Article

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