TY - JOUR AU - Hennecke, Dieter AU - Bauer, Angela AU - Herrchen, Monika AU - Wischerhoff, Erik AU - Gores, Friedhelm PY - 2018 DA - 2018/05/18 TI - Cationic polyacrylamide copolymers (PAMs): environmental half life determination in sludge-treated soil JO - Environmental Sciences Europe SP - 16 VL - 30 IS - 1 AB - Cationic polyacrylamide copolymers (PAMs) are used for sludge dewatering in municipal waste water treatment and might enter the environment by spreading of the sludge on agricultural land. Concern has been expressed since little is known about the degradation of PAMs in soils. To obtain detailed information on the polymer’s fate in the soil compartment, the degradation of 14C-radiolabelled PAM in an outdoor lysimeter was studied. SN - 2190-4715 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12302-018-0143-3 DO - 10.1186/s12302-018-0143-3 ID - Hennecke2018 ER -