Evidence for dechlorination of polychlorinated biphenyls and polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and -furans in wastewater collection systems in the New York Metropolitan Area

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 6612-6620

  Rodenburg, Lisa A ^a   Du, Songyan ^a   Lui, Hui ^a   Guo, Jia ^a   Oseagulu, Nicole ^a   Fennell, Donna E ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION ASSESSMENT; DATA SETS; DECHLORINATION PRODUCTS; DELAWARE RIVER; METROPOLITAN AREA; MINOR COMPONENTS; NEW YORK; OCTACHLORODIBENZO P DIOXINS; PCB CONCENTRATION; PCDD/FS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS AND DIBENZOFURANS; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; STOCKHOLM; WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEMS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE; COMBINED SEWERS; DECHLORINATION; EFFLUENTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SANITARY SEWERS; TOXIC MATERIALS; WATERSHEDS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

1,2,3,4,6,7,8 HEPTACHLORODIBENZO 4 DIOXIN; OCTACHLORODIBENZO 4 DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO 4 DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; DATA SET; DECHLORINATION; FURAN; METROPOLITAN AREA; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EFFECT; STOCKHOLM CONVENTION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; DECHLORINATION; EFFLUENT; HYDROPHOBICITY; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

BENZOFURANS; NEW YORK CITY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

DELAWARE RIVER; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862531051     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es300560q     Document Type: Article

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