Release of primary microplastics from consumer products to wastewater in the Netherlands

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1627-1631

  van Wezel, Annemarie ^a,b   Caris, Inez ^c   Kools, Stefan A E ^a  

^a KWR WATERCYCLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Consumer product; Emission; Primary microplastic; Sewage treatment plant effluent

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER PRODUCTS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; NEUTRON EMISSION; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

CLEANING AGENTS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROPLASTICS; PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; PRIMARY MICROPLASTIC; PRODUCT CATEGORIES; SEWAGE EFFLUENTS; SEWAGE-TREATMENT PLANT EFFLUENT;

EFFLUENTS;

COSMETIC; MICROPLASTIC; PAINT; PLASTIC; POLYETHYLENE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYPROPYLENE; POLYSTYRENE; POLYURETHAN; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; EFFLUENT; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; PLASTIC; PPCP; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CONSUMER PRODUCT; EFFLUENT; GENERAL MEDICAL DEVICE; LEACHING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PERSONAL CARE PRODUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SLUDGE; SURFACE AREA;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84976594106     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.3316     Document Type: Article

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