Air is still contaminated 40 years after the Michigan Chemical plant disaster in St. Louis, Michigan

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 11154-11160

  Peverly, Angela A ^a   Salamova, Amina ^a   Hites, Ronald A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CHEMICALS; FORESTRY; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ATMOSPHERIC LEVELS; CLEAN-UP ACTIVITIES; HEXABROMOBENZENE; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE ESTERS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS (PBBS); POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); SUPERFUND SITES;

CHEMICAL PLANTS;

BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXABROMOBENZENE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORIC ACID TRIS(2,3 DIBROMOPROPYL) ESTER; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AIR POLLUTANT; BROMOBENZENE; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; TRIS(2,3-DIBROMOPROPYL)PHOSPHATE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LIPID; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EFFECT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUPERFUND; TREE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; TREE; UNITED STATES; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; BARK; CHEMICAL ACCIDENT; CHEMISTRY; DISASTER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BROMOBENZENES; CHEMICAL HAZARD RELEASE; DDT; DISASTERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; MICHIGAN; ORGANOPHOSPHATES; PLANT BARK; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS;

EID: 84907943662     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es502809f     Document Type: Article

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