Polyfluoroalkyl compounds in landfill leachates

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1467-1471

  Busch, Jan ^a,b   Ahrens, Lutz ^a   Sturm, Renate ^a   Ebinghaus, Ralf ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Landfill; Leachate; PFCs; PFOA; PFOS

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENT; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; CLEANING SYSTEM; CLEANING TREATMENT; GERMANY; LANDFILL LEACHATES; LANDFILL SITE; LEACHATES; MASS FLOW; PERFLUOROBUTANE; POLYFLUOROALKYL COMPOUNDS; POTENTIAL SOURCES; WET AIR OXIDATION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; AIR CLEANERS; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; LEACHATE TREATMENT; LEACHING;

REFUSE DISPOSAL;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; PERFLUOROBUTANE SULFONATE; PERFLUOROBUTANOIC ACID; POLYFLUOROALKYL COMPOUND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVATED CARBON; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; ORGANOFLUORINE; OXIDATION; SULFONATE;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CLEANING; GERMANY; LANDFILL LEACHATE; NANOFILTRATION; OXIDATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROCARBONS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GERMANY;

EID: 77949917778     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.12.031     Document Type: Article

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