Effects of nano-sized zero-valent iron (nZVI) on DDT degradation in soil and its toxicity to collembola and ostracods

Chemosphere

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 131-137

  El Temsah, Yehia S ^a   Joner, Erik J ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aged polluted soil; Chlorinated organic pollutants; DDT; Nano ecotoxicity; Nano remediation; Nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CELL PROLIFERATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRON; NANOPARTICLES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; REMEDIATION; SOILS; TOXICITY; WATER TREATMENT;

CONCENTRATION OF NZVI; CONTAMINATED SOILS; ECOTOXICITY; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL TESTS; IN-SITU REMEDIATION; NANOSIZED ZERO-VALENT IRON; POLLUTED SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

CHLORPHENOTANE; GROUND WATER; IRON; NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZERO VALENT IRON;

ARTHROPOD; DDT; DEGRADATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRON; NANOTECHNOLOGY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; OSTRACOD; OXIDATION; SANDY SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION; TOXIC MATERIAL; TOXICITY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; COLLEMBOLA; NONHUMAN; OSTRACOD; OXIDATION; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; SOLID;

COLLEMBOLA; FOLSOMIA CANDIDA; HETEROCYPRIS INCONGRUENS; OSTRACODA;

EID: 84876985830     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.02.039     Document Type: Article

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