Low accessibility and chemical activity of PAHs restrict bioremediation and risk of exposure in a manufactured gas plant soil

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1214-1220

  Reichenberg, Fredrik ^a   Karlson, Ulrich Gosewinkel ^a   Gustafsson, Örjan ^b   Long, Sara M ^c   Pritchard, Parmely H ^a,d   Mayer, Philipp ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Freely dissolved concentrations; Hydrophobic organic pollutants; Persistence; Soot

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; BLACK CARBON; BULK CONCENTRATION; CHEMICAL ACTIVITIES; COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE; EXPOSURE LEVEL; FREELY DISSOLVED CONCENTRATION; HYDROPHOBIC ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; MANUFACTURED GAS PLANTS; PERSISTENCE; REGULATORY THRESHOLDS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CARBON BLACK; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEGRADATION; DISSOLUTION; GAS PLANTS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SOILS; SOOT; SORPTION;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

BLACK CARBON; CYCLODEXTRIN; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PAH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SOIL POLLUTION; SOOT; SORPTION; THRESHOLD; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; HEALTH HAZARD; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; NONHUMAN; SOIL POLLUTION;

ADSORPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 77949918982     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.01.031     Document Type: Article

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