Silver Nanoparticles Entering Soils via the Wastewater-Sludge-Soil Pathway Pose Low Risk to Plants but Elevated Cl Concentrations Increase Ag Bioavailability

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 15, 2016, Pages 8274-8281

  Wang, Peng ^a,b   Menzies, Neal W ^b   Dennis, Paul G ^b   Guo, Jianhua ^b   Forstner, Christian ^b   Sekine, Ryo ^c   Lombi, Enzo ^c   Kappen, Peter ^d   Bertsch, Paul M ^e   Kopittke, Peter M ^b  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN SYNCHROTRON   (Australia)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHLORINE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; SALINE WATER; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

AGRICULTURAL SOILS; CHEMICAL EXTRACTIONS; DIFFUSIVE GRADIENTS IN THIN FILMS; LONG TERM STABILITY; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SILVER NANOPARTICLES (AGNPS); WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS;

SILVER;

CHLORIDE; SILVER; SILVER DERIVATIVE; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; SILVER NITRATE; SILVER SULFIDE; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; METAL NANOPARTICLE; SEWAGE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; WASTE WATER;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHLORINE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NANOPARTICLE; SALINE SOIL; SILVER; SLUDGE; TRANSFORMATION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; REACTOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLUDGE; SOIL; SOIL ACIDITY; SYNCHROTRON; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER SLUDGE SOIL PATHWAY; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; SEWAGE; SOIL POLLUTANT; WASTE WATER;

BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; METAL NANOPARTICLES; SEWAGE; SILVER; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84980349744     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b01180     Document Type: Article

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