Transfer of PBDEs from e-waste to aqueous media

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 447, Issue , 2013, Pages 458-471

  Danon Schaffer, Monica N ^a,b   Mahecha Botero, Andrés ^a   Grace, John R ^a   Ikonomou, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b TETRA TECH INC   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

E waste; Landfill; Leachate; Mass transfer; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs)

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS MEDIA; AQUEOUS PHASE; DISTILLED WATER; E-WASTE; FINE DUSTS; LEACHATES; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES);

LAND FILL; LEACHATE TREATMENT; MASS TRANSFER; WASTES;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; WATER;

DISTILLATION; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; MASS TRANSFER; PBDE; SOLID WASTE; TEMPERATURE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC WASTE; LANDFILL LEACHATE; PH; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

DUST; ELECTRONIC WASTE; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; TEMPERATURE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84873635947     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.11.015     Document Type: Article

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