Organohalogen pollutants in surface particulates from workshop floors of four major e-waste recycling sites in China and implications for emission lists

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 569-570, Issue , 2016, Pages 982-989

  Zeng, Yan Hong ^a   Tang, Bin ^a,b   Luo, Xiao Jun ^a   Zheng, Xiao Bo ^c   Peng, Ping An ^a   Mai, Bi Xian ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

e Waste; Levels and patterns; Organohalogen pollutants; Surface particulates

Indexed keywords

ETHANE; FLOORS; HALOGENATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RECYCLING; WASTES;

1 ,2-BIS(2 ,4 ,6-TRIBROMOPHENOXY) ETHANE; E-WASTES; HALOGENATED FLAME RETARDANT; LEVELS AND PATTERNS; MEDIUM-CHAIN CHLORINATED PARAFFINS; ORGANOHALOGEN POLLUTANTS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS);

FLAME RETARDANTS;

1,2 BIS (2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENOXY)ETHANE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CHLORINATED PARAFFIN; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHANE; HEXABROMOBENZENE; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; PARAFFIN; PENTABROMOETHYLBENZENE; PENTABROMOTOLUENE; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FLAME RETARDANT; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELECTRONIC WASTE; FLAME RETARDANT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANOHALOGEN; PBDE; PCB; POLLUTION MONITORING; RECYCLING; WORKPLACE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRY WEIGHT; ELECTRONIC WASTE; HALOGENATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE PROPERTY; ANALYSIS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLLUTANT;

CHINA; DALI; GUANGDONG; GUIYU; QINGYUAN; TAIZHOU; YUNNAN; ZHEJIANG;

CHINA; DUST; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLAME RETARDANTS; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; RECYCLING;

EID: 84977138904     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.06.053     Document Type: Article

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