Pharmaceuticals and personal care products in archived U.S. biosolids from the 2001 EPA national sewage sludge survey

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 658-668

  McClellan, Kristin ^a   Halden, Rolf U ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Land application; Municipal sludge; Organic wastewater contaminants; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

BIOSOLIDS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SURVEYS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

LAND APPLICATIONS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUNICIPAL SLUDGE; ORGANIC WASTEWATER CONTAMINANTS; PHARMACEUTICALS AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; U.S. NATIONAL ACADEMIES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

ANHYDROTETRACYCLINE; AZITHROMYCIN; CAFFEINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; CIMETIDINE; CODEINE; COTININE; DILTIAZEM; DOXYCYCLINE; ENROFLOXACIN; EPITETRACYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUOXETINE; GEMFIBROZIL; LOMEFLOXACIN; METFORMIN; MICONAZOLE; MINOCYCLINE; NAPROXEN; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; RANITIDINE; SULFANILAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TRICLOCARBAN; TRICLOSAN; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNINDEXED DRUG;

BIOSOLID; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; SLUDGE;

ARTICLE; BIOSOLID; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75849162177     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.12.032     Document Type: Article

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