Brominated flame retardants in U.S. biosolids from the EPA national sewage sludge survey and chemical persistence in outdoor soil mesocosms

Water Research

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 133-142

  Venkatesan, Arjun K ^a   Halden, Rolf U ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosolids; Brominated flame retardants; Emerging contaminants; Environmental persistence; Land application; Polybrominated diphenylether

Indexed keywords

BIOSOLIDS; FLAME RETARDANTS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOILS; SURVEYS;

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; DIPHENYL ETHER; EMERGING CONTAMINANT; ENVIRONMENTAL PERSISTENCES; LAND APPLICATIONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

DIPHENYL ETHER; FLAME RETARDANT; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; SEWAGE; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOSOLID; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; MESOCOSM; PBDE; PERSISTENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE;

ARTICLE; BIOSOLID; DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; MESOCOSM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLUDGE; SOIL; UNITED STATES; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEWAGE; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

UNITED STATES;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; SEWAGE; SOIL POLLUTANTS; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84896883570     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.02.021     Document Type: Article

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