Toxicity profile of labile preservative bronopol in water: The role of more persistent and toxic transformation products

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 609-615

  Cui, Na ^a   Zhang, Xiaoxiang ^a   Xie, Qing ^a   Wang, Se ^a   Chen, Jingwen ^a   Huang, Liping ^a   Qiao, Xianliang ^a   Li, Xuehua ^a   Cai, Xiyun ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Bronopol; Hydrolysis; Photolysis; Toxicity; Transformation products

Indexed keywords

BOND-ORDER ANALYSIS; BRONOPOL; DEGRADATION PROCESS; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; ECOLOGICAL RISKS; ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR; NATURAL WATERS; PHOTOACTIVITY; POTENTIAL RISKS; SITE-SPECIFIC; TOXIC CHEMICALS; TOXICITY ASSAYS; TOXICITY EVOLUTION; TOXICITY INDEX; TOXICOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; TRANSFORMATION PRODUCTS;

DEGRADATION; ECOLOGY; HYDROLYSIS; PHOTOLYSIS;

TOXICITY;

2 BROMO 2 NITROETHANOL; ALCOHOL; BROMONITROMETHANE; BRONOPOL; METHANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HYDROLYSIS; PESTICIDE; PHOTOLYSIS; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TOXICITY; TOXICOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHLORELLA; DEGRADATION; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACTIVATION; PHOTOLYSIS; REVERSE RETROALDOL REACTION; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHLORELLA; KINETICS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PRESERVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICAL; PROPYLENE GLYCOLS; VIBRIO; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 78650511382     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.09.036     Document Type: Article

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