Degradation and environmental risk of surfactants after the application of compost sludge to the soil

Waste Management

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1324-1331

  Gonzalez M M ^a   Martin J ^a   Camacho Munoz D ^a   Santos, J L ^a   Aparicio, I ^a   Alonso, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Degradation; Linear alkylbenzene sulphonates; Nonylphenol; Nonylphenol ethoxylates; Risk assessment; Sludge amended soil

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOILS; ANDALUSIA; CONCENTRATION LEVELS; DEGRADATION STUDY; DRY MATTERS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; ETHOXY GROUP; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; LINEAR ALKYLBENZENE SULPHONATES; NONYLPHENOL ETHOXYLATES; NONYLPHENOL POLYETHOXYLATES; NONYLPHENOLS; TOXIC EFFECT;

COMPOSTING; DEGRADATION; PHENOLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

SOILS;

ALKYLBENZENE; NONYLPHENOL; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC NITROGEN; SURFACTANT;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; COMPOST; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; SOIL AMENDMENT; SURFACTANT;

AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COMPOST; CONTROLLED STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SUMMER; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; WINTER;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENT; ETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PHENOLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS; SEWAGE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPAIN; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

ANDALUCIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84861573120     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2012.02.023     Document Type: Article

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