PBDEs in Italian sewage sludge and environmental risk of using sewage sludge for land application

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 161, Issue , 2012, Pages 229-234

  Cincinelli, Alessandra ^a,b   Martellini, Tania ^a   Misuri, Lorenza ^a   Lanciotti, Eudes ^a   Sweetman, Andy ^b   Laschi, Serena ^a   Palchetti, Ilaria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ELISA; GC NCI MS; PBDEs; Risk assessment; Sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

BDE-209; CONGENER PROFILES; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELISA; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOASSAYS; EXTRACTION PROCEDURE; GC-NCI-MS; LAND APPLICATIONS; MAGNETIC PARTICLE; PBDES; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; SLUDGE SAMPLES; SOIL ENVIRONMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ETHERS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOILS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; ENZYME; IMMUNOASSAY; PBDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; SOIL REMEDIATION; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ITALY; LAND USE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SLUDGE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL WATER CONTENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; ITALY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 82055172565     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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