Plant uptake and dissipation of PBDEs in the soils of electronic waste recycling sites

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 238-243

  Huang, Honglin ^a   Zhang, Shuzhen ^a   Christie, Peter ^b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E wastes; PBDEs; Plant uptake; Soil dissipation

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; CONTAMINATED SOILS; E-WASTE; E-WASTES; ELECTRONIC WASTE RECYCLING; PBDES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT TISSUES; PLANT UPTAKE; REDUCTION RATE; SOIL DISSIPATION;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; RECYCLING; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTES;

SOILS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; PBDE; PLANT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION CONTROL; RECYCLING; SOIL POLLUTION; SOLID WASTE; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC WASTE; GREENHOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; PLANT TISSUE; RECYCLING; SOIL POLLUTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WASTE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; PLANTS; RECYCLING; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 78349304223     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.08.034     Document Type: Article

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