Is there a risk for the aquatic environment due to the existence of emerging organic contaminants in treated domestic wastewater? Greece as a case-study

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 283, Issue , 2015, Pages 740-747

  Thomaidi, Vasiliki S ^a   Stasinakis, Athanasios S ^a   Borova, Viola L ^b   Thomaidis, Nikolaos S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Effects; Environmental risk assessment; Micropollutants; Occurrence; Sewage

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ECOLOGY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS; FISH; IMPURITIES; MIXTURES; POLLUTION DETECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; SURFACE WATERS; TOXICITY; WATER TREATMENT;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; EFFECTS; EMERGING CONTAMINANT; EMERGING ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT; MICROPOLLUTANTS; NATIONAL MONITORING PROGRAMS; OCCURRENCE;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; AMOXICILLIN; ATORVASTATIN; AZITHROMYCIN; BENZOTHIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; CAFFEINE; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLOFIBRIC ACID; DICLOFENAC; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FLUOXETINE; GEMFIBROZIL; NONYLPHENOL; OFLOXACIN; PENTOBARBITAL; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PHENOBARBITAL; SERTRALINE; SILOXANE; SUCRALOSE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SURFACE WATER; SWEETENING AGENT; THEOPHYLLINE; TRAMADOL; TRICLOSAN; VALSARTAN; VENLAFAXINE; DRUG; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALGA; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; DRUG; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FISH; LITERATURE REVIEW; MONITORING; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; TOXICITY TEST; WATER TREATMENT;

ALGA; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; DAPHNIA MAGNA; DOMESTIC WASTE; GREECE; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DAPHNIA; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; PROCEDURES; WASTE WATER;

GREECE;

ALGAE; DAPHNIA MAGNA;

ANIMALS; DAPHNIA; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; GREECE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84920066230     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.10.023     Document Type: Article

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