Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in landfill leachate: Patterns, time trends, and sources

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 11532-11540

  Benskin, Jonathan P ^a,b   Li, Belinda ^c   Ikonomou, Michael G ^b   Grace, John R ^c   Li, Loretta Y ^c  

^a AXYS Analytical Services Ltd   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FLUOROTELOMER CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; LANDFILL LEACHATES; LEACHATE FLOWS; LEACHATES; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; MOLAR BASIS; MUNICIPAL LANDFILL LEACHATE; PERFLUOROALKYL ACIDS; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONAMIDE; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PERFLUOROOCTANOATE; TIME TRENDS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

AMIDES; AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ISOMERS; LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; METEOROLOGY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

LEACHATE TREATMENT;

CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC CARBON; PERFLUOROALKYL ACID; PERFLUOROHEXANOATE; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONAMIDE DERIVATIVE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROPENTANOATE; SULFONAMIDE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; PH; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SUSPENDED LOAD; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLOW RATE; ISOMER; LANDFILL; LANDFILL LEACHATE; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRECIPITATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROCARBONS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84868567309     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es302471n     Document Type: Article

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