Occurrence and loss over three years of 72 pharmaceuticals and personal care products from biosolids-soil mixtures in outdoor mesocosms

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 6011-6020

  Walters, Evelyn ^a   McClellan, Kristin ^a   Halden, Rolf U ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Half life; Land application; Municipal sludge; Persistence; PPCPs

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; AGRICULTURE; AMIDES; ANTIBIOTICS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSOLIDS; MIXTURES; PLASTIC CONTAINERS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOILS;

BIOAVAILABILITY; HALF LIVES; LAND APPLICATIONS; MUNICIPAL SLUDGE; PERSISTENCE; PPCPS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

AZITHROMYCIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DOXYCYCLINE; EPITETRACYCLINE; FLUOXETINE; GEMFIBROZIL; MICONAZOLE; NORFLOXACIN; TETRACYCLINE; TIABENDAZOLE; TRICLOCARBAN; TRICLOSAN;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BIOSOLID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HALF LIFE; LABORATORY METHOD; MESOCOSM; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PLASTIC; SLUDGE; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOSOLID; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MESOCOSM; PHARMACEUTICALS AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649327353     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.07.051     Document Type: Article

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