Using REACH registration data to rank the environmental emission potential of persistent and mobile organic chemicals

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 625; pp. 1122 - 1128
• Main Authors: Schulze, Stefanie, Sättler, Daniel, Neumann, Michael, Arp, Hans Peter H., Reemtsma, Thorsten, Berger, Urs
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.06.2018
• Subjects: aquatic environment; business enterprises; Drinking water; emissions; Environmental emissions; groundwater; laws and regulations; markets; organic compounds; Polar contaminants; Prioritization; Transformation products; Water quality; Transformation products; Prioritization; Drinking water; Environmental emissions; Water quality; Polar contaminants

Organic chemicals that are persistent and mobile in the aquatic environment exhibit a hazard to contaminate drinking water resources. In this study an emission score model was developed to rank the potential of substances registered under the REACH legislation to be emitted into the environment. It...