Occurrence of PBDEs and other alternative brominated flame retardants in sludge from wastewater treatment plants in Korea

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 470-471, Issue , 2014, Pages 1422-1429

  Lee, Sunggyu ^a   Song, Geum Ju ^b   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^c   Moon, Hyo Bang ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

BTBPE; DBDPE; Flame retardants; PBDE; Sludge; WWTP

Indexed keywords

FLAME RETARDANTS; INDUSTRY; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BTBPE; DBDPE; PBDE; SLUDGE; WWTP;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; FLAME RETARDANT; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PBDE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; SOUTH KOREA; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

KOREA;

BTBPE; DBDPE; FLAME RETARDANTS; PBDE; SLUDGE; WWTP;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84891744656     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.07.118     Document Type: Article

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