A pilot survey of 39 Victorian WWTP effluents using a high speed luminescent umu test in conjunction with a novel GC-MS-database technique for automatic identification of micropollutants

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 768-774

  Allinson, Mayumi ^a   Kageyama, Shiho ^b   Nakajima, Daisuke ^b   Kamata, Ryo ^b   Shiraishi, Fujio ^b   Goto, Sumio ^c   Salzman, Scott Andrew ^d   Allinson, Graeme ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

GC MS database screening; Genotoxicity; High speed luminescent umu test; Waste water treatment plant effluent

Indexed keywords

ALKYL PHENOLS; AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION; BENZO [A] PYRENE; CARBAMATE INSECTICIDES; CARBAMAZEPINE; DIBENZYLETHER; GENOTOXIC; GENOTOXICITIES; HIGH-THROUGHPUT; INSECT REPELLENT; LEACHATES; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; METOLACHLORS; MICROPOLLUTANTS; PILOT SURVEYS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PROPHAM; PROPOXUR; RECOGNITION METHODS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SIMAZINE; TREATED EFFLUENT; TRIS(2-CHLOROETHYL) PHOSPHATE; UMU TEST; VICTORIA , AUSTRALIA; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WWTP EFFLUENT;

AMIDES; AUTOMATION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HERBICIDES; LUMINESCENCE; METABOLISM; PHENOLS; PLASTICIZERS; SALMONELLA; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EFFLUENTS;

4 NITROQUINOLINE 1 OXIDE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CARBAMATE INSECTICIDE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; FLAME RETARDANT; FOOD ADDITIVE; HERBICIDE; INSECT REPELLENT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ANTIOXIDANT; BACTERIUM; DATABASE; EFFLUENT; GENOTOXICITY; GROWTH REGULATOR; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INSECTICIDE; LUMINESCENCE; METABOLISM; POLLUTANT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; EFFLUENT; GENOTOXICITY; HIGH SPEED LUMINESCENT UMU TEST; LEACHING; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PLANT GROWTH; POLLUTANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LUMINESCENCE; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; VICTORIA; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

HEXAPODA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 84864399884     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2012.242     Document Type: Article

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