Wastewater treatment plant effluent as a source of microplastics: review of the fate, chemical interactions and potential risks to aquatic organisms

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 2253-2269

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

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fate; Microplastics; Removal; Risk; Sorption capacity; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; RECLAMATION; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; TOXICITY; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS; FATE; MICROPLASTICS; POTENTIAL RISKS; POTENTIAL SOURCES; SORPTION CAPACITIES; WASTEWATER EFFLUENTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT EFFLUENT; WESTERN EUROPE;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; DISCHARGE; EFFLUENT; PLASTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTE TECHNOLOGY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; EFFLUENT; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; TOXICITY; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

METAL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PLASTIC; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; METALS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PLASTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 85014958566     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: 19969732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2016.414     Document Type: Article

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