Wastewater analysis of Census day samples to investigate per capita input of organophosphorus flame retardants and plasticizers into wastewater

Chemosphere

Volumn 138, Issue , 2015, Pages 328-334

  O'Brien, Jake W ^a   Thai, Phong K ^a,b   Brandsma, Sicco H ^c   Leonards, Pim E G ^c   Ort, Christoph ^a,d   Mueller, Jochen F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

Australia; Census; Flame retardants; Organophosphorus esters; Plasticizers; Wastewater analysis

Indexed keywords

ESTERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLASTICIZERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SOLVENTS; SURVEYS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AUSTRALIA; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; CENSUS; FLAME RETARDANTS AND PLASTICIZERS; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS FLAME RETARDANTS; TRIS(2-CHLOROETHYL) PHOSPHATE; WASTEWATER ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

FLAME RETARDANT; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; PHOSPHORIC ACID TRIS(2 CHLOROETHYL) ESTER; PLASTICIZER; TRIS(1,3 DICHLOROISOPROPYL)PHOSPHATE; TRIS(2 BUTOXYETHYL)PHOSPHATE; TRIS(2 CHLOROISOPROPYL)PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; TRIS(2,3-DIBROMOPROPYL)PHOSPHATE; TRIS(2-BUTOXYETHYL) PHOSPHATE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

BROMINE COMPOUND; CENSUS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DISPERSANT; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PLASTIC; POLLUTION MONITORING; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ION MONITORING; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WASTEWATER ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROCEDURES; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

AUSTRALIA; EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

AUSTRALIA; CENSUSES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANOPHOSPHATES; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PLASTICIZERS; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84940909741     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.06.014     Document Type: Article

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