Perfluorooctane sulphonate in raw and drinking water sources in the United Kingdom

Water and Environment Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-21

  McLaughlin, Clare L ^a   Blake, Simon ^a   Hall, Tom ^a   Harman, Mark ^a   Kanda, Rakesh ^b   Foster, Jim ^c   Rumsby, Paul C ^a  

^a National Centre for Environmental Toxicology   (United Kingdom)

^b STL Reading   (United Kingdom)

^c DRINKING WATER INSPECTORATE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drinking water; England; Method; Monitoring; Perfluorooctane sulphonate; PFOS; Raw water; Wales

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; ENGLAND; METHOD; PERFLUOROOCTANESULPHONATE; PFOS; RAW WATER; WALES;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; OZONE; OZONE WATER TREATMENT; OZONIZATION; POLLUTION DETECTION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

POTABLE WATER;

ACTIVATED CARBON; DRINKING WATER; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHLORINATION; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPEAN UNION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURFACTANT; TOXIC MATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OZONATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASON; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 79551703767     PISSN: 17476585     EISSN: 17476593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2009.00183.x     Document Type: Article

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