Triclocarban, triclosan, polybrominated diphenyl ethers and 4-nonylphenol in biosolids and in soil receiving 33-year biosolids application

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 597-605

  Xia, Kang ^a   Hundal, Lakhwinder S ^b   Kumar, Kuldip ^b   Armbrust, Kevin ^a   Cox, Albert E ^b   Granato, Thomas C ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b R and D Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosolids; Fate; Land application; Persistence; Pharmaceuticals and personal care products

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CONTAMINATION; ETHERS; LEACHING; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHENOLS; SOILS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

4-NONYLPHENOL; AMENDED SOIL; APPLICATION RATES; FIELD PLOT; LAND APPLICATION; LAND APPLICATIONS; LIMITED SOILS; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; PHARMACEUTICALS AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; RAPID TRANSFORMATIONS; SLOW DEGRADATION; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL LAYER; SURFACE SOIL; TRACE LEVEL; TRICLOCARBAN; TRICLOSAN; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BIOSOLIDS;

4 NONYLPHENOL; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; TRICLOCARBAN; TRICLOSAN; 4-NONYLPHENOL; CARBANILIDE DERIVATIVE; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SOIL POLLUTANT; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOSOLID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; LEACHING; ORGANOCHLORINE; PBDE; PERSISTENCE; PHENOL; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; TRANSFORMATION;

ARTICLE; BIOSOLID; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; LEACHING; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SURFACE SOIL; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTANT;

AGRICULTURE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CARBANILIDES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; PHENOLS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TRICLOSAN;

EID: 77951116022     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.66     Document Type: Article

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