title: Determination of polycyclic musks in sewage sludge from Guangdong, China using GC-EI-MS.
abstract: Polycyclic musks [Cashmeran (DPMI), Celestolide (ADBI), Phantolide (AHMI), Traseolide (ATII), Tonalide (AHTN) and Galaxolide (HHCB)] were Soxhlet extracted, separated and analyzed in sewage sludge from six different wastewater treatment plants from Guangdong, China, using GC and GC-EI-MS. DPMI, ADBI, HHCB, AHTN were found in all samples, and ATII was not found in any sample. AHMI was detected in five out of six samples. HHCB and AHTN were the two major polycyclic musks found in highest concentrations in sludge. The sludge from municipal wastewater treatment plants contained HHCB, AHTN and DPMI at concentrations between 5.416 and 21.214, 0.715 and 6.195 and 0.599 and 2.870 mg/kg (dry), respectively. The highest concentration was found in sludge from one cosmetic plant at 703.681 mg HHCB/kg (dry). The results indicate that there are two sources of polycyclic musks: domestic sewage and industrial wastewater.
authors.affiliation: Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environment and Resources, The State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangdong Province 510640, China.
authors.forename: Xiangying
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Guoying
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sheng
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.forename: Jiamo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fu
mesh_terms: D001578:Benzopyrans / Q000032:analysis*; D002681:China; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D007189:Indans / Q000032:analysis*; D007220:Industrial Waste; D010476:Perfume; D012722:Sewage / Q000737:chemistry*; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization; D013764:Tetrahydronaphthalenes / Q000032:analysis*; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D001578:Benzopyrans; D007189:Indans; D007220:Industrial Waste; D010476:Perfume; D012722:Sewage; D013764:Tetrahydronaphthalenes; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; C033119:galaxolide; C033116:acetyl methyl tetramethyl tetralin