Leaching of antimony from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles into mineral water

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 4731-4735

  Keresztes, Szilvia ^a   Tatár, Eniko ^a,b,c   Mihucz, Victor G ^a,b,c   Virág, István ^a   Majdik, Cornelia ^d   Záray, Gyula ^a,b,c  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b Hungarian Satellite Institute of Trace Elements for UNESCO   (Hungary)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES BEIJING   (China)

^d BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Antimony; Leaching; Polyethylene terephthalate; SODIS; Water

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION OF; CONCENTRATION VALUES; HUNGARIANS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA SECTOR FIELD MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINERAL WATER; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PACKAGE MATERIALS; PET BOTTLES; SODIS; SOLAR WATER DISINFECTION; STORAGE CONDITION; STORAGE TIME; WATER SAMPLES;

ANTIMONY; BEVERAGES; BOTTLES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISINFECTION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LEACHING; LIGHTING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINERALS; MINING; POLYESTERS; RETAIL STORES; SILICATE MINERALS; WATER;

POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES;

ANTIMONY; DRINKING WATER; MINERAL WATER; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE;

ANTIMONY; DISINFECTION; LEACHING; PLASTIC; POLYMER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD STORAGE; HUNGARY; ILLUMINATION; LEACHING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PACKAGING MATERIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TREATMENT;

ANTIMONY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PACKAGING; HUNGARY; MINERAL WATERS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 67349237772     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.04.025     Document Type: Article

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