Chemical compounds and toxicological assessments of drinking water stored in polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles: A source of controversy reviewed

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 571-583

  Bach, Cristina ^a,b   Dauchy, Xavier ^a   Chagnon, Marie Christine ^c   Etienne, Serge ^b  

^a FRENCH AGENCY FOR FOOD   (France)

^b INSTITUT JEAN LAMOUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Bottled water; Endocrine disruptors; Genotoxicity; Mutagenicity; NIAS

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; BIOHAZARDS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL HAZARDS; PHASE SEPARATION; PLASTIC BOTTLES; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POTABLE WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

BOTTLED WATER; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; GENOTOXICITIES; MUTAGENICITY; NIAS;

EXTRACTION;

4 NONYLPHENOL; 4 OCTYLPHENOL; ACETALDEHYDE; ACETONE; ADIPIC ACID; ALKYLPHENOL; ANTIMONY; ANTIOXIDANT; BENZOTRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; BENZYLBUTYLPHTHALATE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; DI 2 ETHYLBUTYLPHTHALATE; DIHEXYLPHATHALATE; DIISOBUTYLPHTHALATE; DRINKING WATER; ESTROGEN; FORMALDEHYDE; GLYOXAL; METHYLGLYOXAL; NONANE; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIMETHYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIOCTYL ESTER; PLASTICIZER; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; PROPIONALDEHYDE; RESIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; DRINKING WATER; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ESTER; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; EUROPEAN UNION; EXTRACTION METHOD; GENOTOXICITY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LITERATURE REVIEW; MUTAGENICITY; PLASTIC; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGULATORY APPROACH; RESIN; SAFETY; TOXICOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION;

BIOASSAY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTAINER; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GENOTOXICITY; GLASS BOTTLE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; OZONATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SYNTHESIS; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84855325628     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.11.062     Document Type: Review

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