Wastewater treatment plants and landfills emit volatile methyl siloxanes (VMSs) to the atmosphere: Investigations using a new passive air sampler

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2380-2386

  Cheng, Yu ^a   Shoeib, Mahiba ^a   Ahrens, Lutz ^a   Harner, Tom ^a   Ma, Jianmin ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Land fills; Passive air samplers; Volatile methyl siloxanes (VMS); Waste water treatment plants

Indexed keywords

AIR CONCENTRATIONS; LANDFILL SITE; PASSIVE AIR SAMPLER; VOLATILE METHYL SILOXANES (VMS); WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

INTERNET PROTOCOLS; LAND FILL; SEWAGE; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SORPTION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

POLYURETHAN; SILOXANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE METHYL SILOXANE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION INVENTORY; LANDFILL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLER; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLER; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LANDFILL; LIMIT OF DETECTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOXHLET EXTRACTION; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SILOXANES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 80052339595     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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