The contribution of waste water treatment plants to PBDEs in ambient air

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 169, Issue , 2012, Pages 242-247

  Martellini, Tania ^a   Jones, Kevin C ^b   Sweetman, Andy ^b   Giannoni, Martina ^a   Pieri, Francesca ^a   Cincinelli, Alessandra ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Deca BDE; Emission; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; WWTPs

Indexed keywords

AERATION TANKS; AIR SAMPLES; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; BDE-209; CENTRAL ITALY; CONGENER COMPOSITIONS; DECA-BDE; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; PEARSON CORRELATION; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); REFERENCE SITES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WIND DIRECTIONS; WWTPS;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; NEUTRON EMISSION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SEWAGE TANKS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PBDE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; MUNICIPAL WASTE WATER; PLANT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SLUDGE; TANK; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WIND;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

ITALY;

EID: 84863804094     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.04.033     Document Type: Article

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