An assessment of the fate, behaviour and environmental risk associated with sunscreen TiO2 nanoparticles in UK field scenarios

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 2503-2510

  Johnson, Andrew C ^a   Bowes, Michael J ^a   Crossley, Alison ^b   Jarvie, Helen P ^a   Jurkschat, Kerstin ^b   Jürgens, Monika D ^a   Lawlor, Alan J ^a   Park, Barry ^c   Rowland, Phillip ^a   Spurgeon, David ^a   Svendsen, Claus ^a   Thompson, Ian P ^b   Barnes, Robert J ^b   Williams, Richard J ^a   Xu, Nan ^a,d  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c GBP Consulting Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Earthworms; Ecotoxicity; Exposure; Prediction; River water; Sewage; Sunscreen

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENTS; FORECASTING; NANOPARTICLES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; SEWAGE; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SUN HOODS; TOXICITY; WATER RESOURCES;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PLANTS; COMMERCIAL INFORMATION; EARTHWORMS; ECOTOXICITY; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL STUDY; ENGINEERED NANOPARTICLES; EXPOSURE; RIVER WATER;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

COSMETIC; RIVER WATER; SULFACETAMIDE; SUNSCREEN; SURFACE WATER; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION; EARTHWORM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FERTILIZER; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER WATER; SEWAGE TREATMENT; TITANIUM;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; CELOMOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHWORM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED KINGDOM; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; ANIMAL; ANNELID WORM; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MICROBIOLOGY; POLLUTANT; RIVER;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GREAT BRITAIN; METAL NANOPARTICLES; OLIGOCHAETA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; SEWAGE; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; TITANIUM; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 79960978774     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.03.040     Document Type: Article

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