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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
14
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-5-26
pubmed:abstractText
Four Beijing wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) were selected to investigate behaviours of nonylphenol polyethoxylates and their metabolites in different wastewater treatment processes. The results showed that the total concentrations of nonylphenolic compounds in the influents of the four WWTPs ranged from 0.115 to 0.347 mumol/L, as well as their removal efficiencies ranging from 75.7% to 90.8%. Both influent concentrations and removal efficiencies of nonylphenol polyethoxylates were correlated to seasons as follows: higher in the summer than in the winter, and influent concentrations were lower during the rain weather. The analysis revealed that 21.8-47.6% of nonylphenol polyethoxylates and their metabolites entering WWTPs were released via effluents and excess sludge, leaving a great part of them for biodegradation. Nonylphenol and short-chain nonylphenol polyethoxylates were disposed to the environment mainly via sewage sludge, while carboxylated nonylphenol polyethoxylates were the most abundant group of nonylphenol polyethoxylates in effluents.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1879-1026
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
407
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4261-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Fate of nonylphenol polyethoxylates and their metabolites in four Beijing wastewater treatment plants.
pubmed:affiliation
Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't