Elimination of polar micropollutants and anthropogenic markers by wastewater treatment in Beijing, China

Chemosphere

Volumn 119, Issue , 2015, Pages 1054-1061

  Qi, Weixiao ^a   Singer, Heinz ^b   Berg, Michael ^b   Müller, Beat ^b   Pernet Coudrier, Benoit ^b   Liu, Huijuan ^a   Qu, Jiuhui ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Household chemical; Irrigation; Personal care product; Pesticide; Pharmaceutical; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AMIDES; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; CAFFEINE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRUG PRODUCTS; EFFICIENCY; IRRIGATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PESTICIDES; SUGAR SUBSTITUTES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER RESOURCES;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; ANTHROPOGENIC CONTAMINATION; ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS; HIGH RESOLUTION MASS SPECTROMETRY; HOUSEHOLD CHEMICALS; PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; POLAR ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION;

EFFLUENTS;

4 ACETAMIDOANTIPYRINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CAFFEINE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; IOPROMIDE; MACROLIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; PESTICIDE; SUCRALOSE; SULFONAMIDE; SURFACE WATER; SWEETENING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DRUG; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRUG; FOOD SAFETY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER; WATER RESOURCE; WATER TREATMENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EFFLUENT; EUROPE; FOOD SAFETY; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MASS SPECTROMETRY; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; SCREENING; SOIL ANALYSIS; THREAT; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY; ANALYSIS; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; CHINA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PESTICIDES; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84919772536     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.09.027     Document Type: Article

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