Measurement of flame retardants and triclosan in municipal sewage sludge and biosolids

Environment International

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-7

  Davis, Elizabeth F ^a   Klosterhaus, Susan L ^b   Stapleton, Heather M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosolids; Flame retardants; Standard reference materials; Triclosan

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOSOLIDS; CHEMICAL DETECTION; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; ETHANE; ETHERS; IMPURITIES; ISOMERS; MICROORGANISMS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHENOLS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

1 ,2-BIS(2 ,4 ,6-TRIBROMOPHENOXY) ETHANE; ANTI-MICROBIAL AGENT; ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOUNDS; CALIFORNIA; DOMESTIC SLUDGE; DRY WEIGHT; HEXABROMOBENZENE; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; MEASURE CONCENTRATION; MUNICIPAL SEWAGE SLUDGE; NORTH CAROLINA; OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; STANDARD REFERENCE MATERIAL; STANDARD REFERENCE MATERIALS; TRICLOSAN; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

1,2 BIS(2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENOXY)ETHANE; 2 ETHYLHEXYL 2,3,4,5 TETRABROMOBENZOATE; DECHLORANE PLUS; DI(2 ETHYLHEXYL) 2,3,4,5 TETRABROMOPHTHALATE; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOBENZENE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; TRICLOSAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOSOLID; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PBDE; POLLUTANT; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; STANDARD (REFERENCE);

ARTICLE; BIOSOLID; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 84255209215     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2011.11.008     Document Type: Article

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