Flow of sewage sludge-borne phthalate esters (PAEs) from human release to human intake: Implication for risk assessment of sludge applied to soil

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 476-477, Issue , 2014, Pages 242-249

  Meng, Xiang Zhou ^a   Wang, Ying ^a   Xiang, Nan ^a   Chen, Ling ^a   Liu, Zhigang ^b   Wu, Bing ^b   Dai, Xiaohu ^b   Zhang, Yun Hui ^c   Xie, Zhiyong ^d   Ebinghaus, Ralf ^d  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tongji University   (China)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Human exposure; Phthalate esters (PAEs); Sludge; Soil

Indexed keywords

ESTERIFICATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOILS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS; DI-2-ETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; HUMAN EXPOSURES; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; PHTHALATE ESTER; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ESTERS;

DI N AMYL PHTHALATE; DI N NONYL PHTHALATE; DI(2 BUTOXYETHYL)PHTHALATE; DI(2 ETHOXYETHYL)PHTHALATE; DI(4 METHYL 2 PENTYL)PHTHALATE; DI(HEXYL 2 ETHYLHEXYL)PHTHALATE; DIISOBUTYLPHTHALATE; DIMETHYLGLYCOL PHTHALATE; PHTHALIC ACID BENZYL BUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DICYCLOHEXYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIHEXYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIMETHYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIOCTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ESTER; FLOW FIELD; HEALTH RISK; PHTHALATE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SLUDGE; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTE FACILITY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLOW KINETICS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLUDGE; SOIL; SOIL AMENDMENT; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

HUMAN EXPOSURE; PHTHALATE ESTERS (PAES); SLUDGE; SOIL;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; CHINA; PHTHALIC ACIDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84892991847     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.01.007     Document Type: Article

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