Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs)-derived national discharge loads of perfluorinated compounds (PFCs)

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 201-202, Issue , 2012, Pages 82-91

  Kim, Seung Kyu ^a   Im, Jong Kwon ^a   Kang, Young Min ^a   Jung, Se Young ^a   Kho, Yeong Lim ^b   Zoh, Kyung Duk ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Eulji University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Emission; National discharge load; Ocean dumping; PFOA; PFOS; Watershed

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; EMISSION FACTORS; HUMAN EXPOSURES; INDUSTRIAL SOURCES; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; NATIONAL DISCHARGE LOAD; PER CAPITA; PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS; PERFLUOROCARBOXYLATES; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PERFLUOROOCTANOATE; PFOA; PFOS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; NEUTRON EMISSION; OCEAN DUMPING; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WATERSHEDS;

EFFLUENTS;

INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROALKYLSULFONATE; PERFLUOROCARBOXYLATE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; DOMESTIC WASTE; OCEAN DUMPING; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; INDUSTRIAL SLUDGE; KOREA; METAL INDUSTRY; OIL INDUSTRY; PAPER INDUSTRY; POLLUTION MONITORING; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROCARBONS; OCTANOIC ACIDS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RIVERS; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

KOREA;

EID: 84855345072     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.11.036     Document Type: Article

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