Perfluorooctane sulphonate and perfluorooctanoic acid in drinking and environmental waters

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1904, 2009, Pages 4119-4136

  Rumsby, Paul C ^a   McLaughlin, Clare L ^a   Hall, Tom ^a  

^a WRC PLC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Environmental waters; Perfluorooctane sulphonate; Perfluorooctanoic acid

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CONSUMER PRODUCTS; DEGRADATION; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; MONITORING; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; DRINKING WATER; DRINKING WATER TREATMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL WATERS; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON ABSORBERS; LOW LEVEL; PERFLUORINATED CHEMICALS; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULPHONATE; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; POLLUTION INCIDENTS;

POTABLE WATER;

ALKANESULFONIC ACID; FLUOROCARBON; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; WATER;

CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GERMANY; ITALY; JAPAN; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTANT; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLUOROCARBONS; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; ITALY; JAPAN; OCTANOIC ACIDS; UNITED STATES; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 70349684160     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2009.0109     Document Type: Review

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