Engineered nanoparticles in wastewater and wastewater sludge - Evidence and impacts

Waste Management

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 504-520

  Brar, Satinder K ^a   Verma, Mausam ^b   Tyagi, R D ^a   Surampalli, R Y ^c  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL COMPARTMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; HUMAN HEALTH; INDUSTRIAL SECTOR; MICROBIAL ARRAY CHIP; MOLECULAR ASSEMBLY; NANO-MATERIALS; SHAPE AND SIZE; SOIL ENVIRONMENT; WASTEWATER SLUDGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENTS; HEALTH HAZARDS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE DISPOSAL; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SLUDGE DISPOSAL; SOILS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

WASTEWATER DISPOSAL;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM OXIDE; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; IRON OXIDE; MOLYBDENUM; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NANOPARTICLE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILVER; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TUNGSTEN; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

COMPARTMENTALIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; HEALTH IMPACT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SLUDGE; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOSOLID; CYTOTOXICITY; DESALINATION; DOMESTIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH HAZARD; LANDFILL; NANOTOXICOLOGY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT GROWTH; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SLUDGE THICKENING; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

ALGORITHMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; METALS; NANOPARTICLES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SEWAGE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 73849121775     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2009.10.012     Document Type: Review

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