Transport of short-chain perfluoroalkyl acids from concentrated fluoropolymer facilities to the Daling River estuary, China

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 9626-9636

  Wang, Pei ^a,b   Lu, Yonglong ^a   Wang, Tieyu ^a   Zhu, Zhaoyun ^a,b   Li, Qifeng ^a,b   Zhang, Yueqing ^a,b   Fu, Yaning ^a,b   Xiao, Yang ^a,b   Giesy, John P ^c  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Daling River Basin; Fluoropolymer facilities; Partition coefficient; Perfluoroalkyl acids; PFBA; PFBS

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIALIZATION; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLYMER; RIVER WATER; WATER TREATMENT;

CHINA;

CARBOXYLIC ACID; FLUORINE; FLUOROCARBON; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PERFLUBUTANE; PERFLUOROBUTYRIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; RIVER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

CAPRYLATES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARIES; FLUORINE; FLUOROCARBONS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84933182365     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-4090-x     Document Type: Article

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