Assessing the concentration of phthalate esters (PAEs) and bisphenol A (BPA) and the genotoxic potential of treated wastewater (final effluent) in Saudi Arabia

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 578, Issue , 2017, Pages 440-451

  Al Saleh, Iman ^a   Elkhatib, Rola ^a   Al Rajoudi, Tahreer ^a   Al Qudaihi, Ghofran ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Bisphenol A; Genotoxicity; Irrigation; Phthalate esters; Treated wastewater

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CHAINS; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; DNA; ESTERS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; IRRIGATION; LEAD REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHENOLS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOLVENTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIS-PHENOL A; BUTYL BENZYL PHTHALATE; GENOTOXICITIES; LONG-TERM IRRIGATIONS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); PHTHALATE ESTER; TREATED WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

EFFLUENTS;

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; PHTHALIC ACID BENZYL BUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIMETHYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIOCTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID ESTER; BENZHYDRYL DERIVATIVE; ESTER; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DNA; EFFLUENT; GENOTOXICITY; HEALTH IMPACT; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PHTHALATE; POLLUTION EFFECT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; EFFLUENT; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; CITY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

SAUDI ARABIA;

ANIMALIA;

BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; CELL LINE; CITIES; COMET ASSAY; DIBUTYL PHTHALATE; DNA DAMAGE; ESTERS; HUMANS; PHENOLS; PHTHALIC ACIDS; SAUDI ARABIA; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 85002924607     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.10.207     Document Type: Article

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