High levels of perfluorochemicals in Taiwan's wastewater treatment plants and downstream rivers pose great risk to local aquatic ecosystems

Chemosphere

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1167-1174

  Lin, Angela Yu Chen ^a   Panchangam, Sri Chandana ^a   Ciou, Pei Sen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Contamination; Occurrence; Perfluorochemicals; Risk assessment; Sediment; Wastewater treatment plant

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; CONTAMINATION; EFFLUENTS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; RECLAMATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE CONCENTRATION; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; OCCURRENCE; PERFLUOROCHEMICALS; PREDICTED NO-EFFECT CONCENTRATIONS; PRELIMINARY RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

CARBON; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROALKYL SULFONATE; PERFLUOROALKYLCARBOXYLIC ACID; PERFLUOROBUTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUORODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUORODODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEPTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEXANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEXANOIC ACID; PERFLUORONONANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROUNDECANOIC ACID; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CARBOXYLIC ACID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FLUOROCARBON; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PARTITIONING; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SURFACE WATER; WASTE FACILITY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RIVER; SEDIMENT; TAIWAN; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

TAIWAN;

EID: 77955421341     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.06.018     Document Type: Article

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