Investigating landfill leachate as a source of trace organic pollutants

Chemosphere

Volumn 127, Issue , 2015, Pages 269-275

  Clarke, Bradley O ^a,b   Anumol, Tarun ^a   Barlaz, Morton ^c   Snyder, Shane A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c North Carolina State University   (United States)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Contaminants of emerging concern; DEET; Landfill leachate; Primidone; Sucralose

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; DRUG PRODUCTS; EFFLUENTS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SUGAR SUBSTITUTES; SURFACE WATERS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

CONTAMINANTS OF EMERGING CONCERNS; DEET; LANDFILL LEACHATES; PRIMIDONE; SUCRALOSE;

LEACHATE TREATMENT;

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; CARBAMAZEPINE; DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; DIOXANE; FLAME RETARDANT; FLUOXETINE; GEMFIBROZIL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROALKYL COMPOUND; PHTHALIC ACID ESTER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PRIMIDONE; SOLVENT; SUCRALOSE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SURFACE WATER; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT; DANGEROUS GOODS; SOLID WASTE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOACCUMULATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; LANDFILL; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; SURFACE WATER; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; EFFLUENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LANDFILL; LANDFILL LEACHATE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLLUTANT; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DANGEROUS GOODS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; SOLID WASTE; STANDARDS; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

UNITED STATES;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SOLID WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84924765483     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.02.030     Document Type: Article

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