Persistent Organic Pollutants in Australian Sewage Sludge: Environmental Monitoring and Land Application Risk Assessment

Description

Presented is a study of persistent organic pollutants in Australian sewage sludge, focusing on environmental monitoring and a sewage sludge land application human health risk contaminated with these compounds. The chemicals of concern were: • Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) and

Links & Downloads

1. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20081202.113842

Tags

Persistent organic pollutants

sewage sludge

biosolids

dioxins

PBDEs

organochlorine pesticides

polychlorinated biphenyls

phthalates

land application risk assessment

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/210474
Date	January 2008
Creators	Clarke, Bradley, [e-mail]
Publisher	RMIT University. Applied Sciences
Source Sets	Australiasian Digital Theses Program
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Rights	http://www.rmit.edu.au/help/disclaimer, Copyright Bradley Clarke