Occurrence of PFCs and PBDEs in landfill leachates from across Canada

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 223, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3365-3372

  Li, Belinda ^a   Danon Schaffer, Monica N ^a,c   Li, Loretta Y ^a   Ikonomou, Michael G ^b   Grace, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^c Wardrop   (Canada)

Author keywords

Landfill leachate; Perfluorinated compounds; Persistent organic pollutants; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers

Indexed keywords

BDE-209; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHERS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; LANDFILL LEACHATES; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; NORTHERN CANADA; PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); STRONG CORRELATION;

ETHERS; LEACHATE TREATMENT;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; ETHER DERIVATIVE; HEXANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROHEXANOIC ACID; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LANDFILL; LEACHATE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PBDE;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUMPING; LANDFILL LEACHATE; SOIL POLLUTANT; URBAN AREA;

CANADA;

EID: 84862807884     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-012-1115-7     Document Type: Article

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