Occurrence and distribution of organophosphate flame retardants/plasticizers in wastewater treatment plant sludges from the Pearl River Delta, China

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1720-1725

  Zeng, Xiangying ^a   He, Lixiong ^a,b   Cao, Shuxia ^c   Ma, Shengtao ^a,b   Yu, Zhiqiang ^a   Gui, Hongyan ^d   Sheng, Guoying ^a   Fu, Jiamo ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Material Science Laboratory Technologies Development (Dongguan) Co   (China)

^d Guangzhou Development District Construction and Environment Administration Bureau Guangzhou   (China)

Author keywords

Flame retardants; Organophosphate esters; Plasticizers; Sludge

Indexed keywords

ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; PLASTICIZERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SOLVENTS; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; OCCURRENCE AND DISTRIBUTION; ORGANOPHOSPHATE ESTERS; ORGANOPHOSPHATE FLAME RETARDANTS; SLUDGE; TRI-N-BUTYL PHOSPHATE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

TOXICITY;

DRINKING WATER; FLAME RETARDANT; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PLASTICIZER; TRIBUTYL PHOSPHATE; TRICRESYL PHOSPHATE; TRIPHENYL PHOSPHATE; TRIS(2 BUTOXYETHYL)PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOMESTIC WASTE; ESTER; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SLUDGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WASTE FACILITY; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CHLORINATION; DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTRIBUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL OCCURRENCE; INDUSTRIAL SLUDGE; OXIDATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVER; SLUDGE; SLUDGE DEWATERING; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

FLAME RETARDANTS; ORGANOPHOSPHATE ESTERS; PLASTICIZERS; SLUDGE;

CHINA; FLAME RETARDANTS; ORGANOPHOSPHATES; PLASTICIZERS; RIVERS; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84904413913     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2604     Document Type: Article

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