First report of a Chinese PFOS alternative overlooked for 30 years: Its toxicity, persistence, and presence in the environment

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 10163-10170

  Wang, Siwen ^a   Huang, Jun ^a   Yang, Yang ^a   Hui, Yamei ^a   Ge, Yuxi ^a   Larssen, Thorjørn ^b   Yu, Gang ^a   Deng, Shubo ^a   Wang, Bin ^a   Harman, Christopher ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROME PLATING; ENVIRONMENTAL OCCURRENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCHES; FUTURE ASSESSMENT; TREATED WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER DISCHARGE; WENZHOU; ZEBRAFISH;

CHROMIUM PLATING; EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CHLORINATED POLYFLUORINATED ETHER SULFONATE; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; CHROMIUM; ETHER DERIVATIVE; FLUORINE DERIVATIVE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CHROMATE; CYPRINID; DEGRADATION; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; PERSISTENCE; RIVER DISCHARGE; SURFACE WATER; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACUTE TOXICITY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIODEGRADABILITY; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPLATING INDUSTRY; FENTON REACTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LC 50; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHOTODEGRADATION; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TOXICITY TESTING; VAPOR PRESSURE; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; ZEBRA FISH;

CHINA; WENZHOU; ZHEJIANG;

ALKANESULFONATES; ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHINA; ELECTROPLATING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROCARBONS; LETHAL DOSE 50; RIVERS; SEWAGE; TOXICITY TESTS, ACUTE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84884272520     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es401525n     Document Type: Article

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