Mass balance evaluation of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in landfill leachate and potential for transfer from e-waste

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 461-462, Issue , 2013, Pages 290-301

  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

Emerging contaminants; Environmental modelling; Landfill; Leachate; Mass transfer reaction; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs)

Indexed keywords

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS (BFRS); DEGRADATION PARAMETER; EMERGING CONTAMINANT; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; INTER-PHASE MASS TRANSFER; LEACHATES; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES);

LAND FILL; LEACHATE TREATMENT; MASS TRANSFER; WASTES;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; LEACHING; MASS BALANCE; MASS TRANSFER; PBDE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; DEBROMINATION; DEGRADATION KINETICS; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LANDFILL; LANDFILL LEACHATE; MASS BALANCE; MASS TRANSFER; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOLID; SURFACE PROPERTY; URBAN AREA; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER POLLUTION;

EMERGING CONTAMINANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; MASS TRANSFER/REACTION; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS (PBDES);

ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; SOIL; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84878950632     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.03.080     Document Type: Article

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