Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) in surface waters, sediments, soils and wastewater - A review on concentrations and distribution coefficients

Chemosphere

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 725-732

  Zareitalabad, P ^a   Siemens, J ^a   Hamer, M ^a   Amelung, W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Food chain; Groundwater contamination; Persistent organic pollutants

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION; SEDIMENTS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOILS; SORPTION; SURFACE WATERS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DISTRIBUTION COEFFICIENT; FOOD CHAIN; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; PERFLUORINATED COMPOUND (PFCS); PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); SORPTION COEFFICIENTS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ALUMINUM SILICATE; CARBON; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; IRON OXIDE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; SURFACE WATER;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FOOD CHAIN; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LITERATURE REVIEW; ORGANIC ACID; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; REACTION KINETICS; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; SOIL POLLUTION; SURFACE WATER; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ENTROPY; HYDROPHOBICITY; REVIEW; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; SOIL POLLUTION; SURFACE SOIL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84875680065     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.02.024     Document Type: Review

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