Wastewater treatment plants as a pathway for microplastics: Development of a new approach to sample wastewater-based microplastics

Water Research

Volumn 112, Issue , 2017, Pages 93-99

  Ziajahromi, Shima ^a   Neale, Peta A ^a   Rintoul, Llew ^b   Leusch, Frederic D L ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Microplastics; Sample processing; Sampling device; Synthetic fibres; Wastewater effluent

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MICROPLASTIC; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; MICROPLASTICS; NEW APPROACHES; PLASTIC PARTICLE; SAMPLE PROCESSING; SAMPLING DEVICES; SECONDARY TREATMENT; TERTIARY TREATMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER EFFLUENTS;

SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS;

MICROPLASTIC; PLASTIC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; COSMETIC; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

EFFLUENT; PLASTIC; POLYMER; SAMPLING; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; EFFLUENT; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

COSMETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PLASTICS; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 85010961041     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2017.01.042     Document Type: Article

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