Pre-treatment and bioconversion of wastewater sludge to value-added products-Fate of endocrine disrupting compounds

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1471-1488

  Barnabe S ^a   Brar, S K ^a   Tyagi, R D ^a   Beauchesne, I ^a   Surampalli, R Y ^b  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioconversion; Endocrine disrupting compounds; Pre treatment; Toxic intermediates; Value added products; Wastewater sludge

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING COMPOUNDS; PRE-TREATMENT; TOXIC INTERMEDIATES; VALUE ADDED PRODUCTS; WASTEWATER SLUDGE;

INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLLUTION CONTROL; TOXIC MATERIALS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

BIOCONVERSION;

BIOPESTICIDE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 58849132271     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.11.015     Document Type: Review

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