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Journal articles on the topic "Environmental chemistry. Persistent pollutants"

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Opriş, Ocsana, Florina Copaciu, Maria Loredana Soran, Ülo Niinemets, and Lucian Copolovici. "Content of Carotenoids, Violaxanthin and Neoxanthin in Leaves of Triticum aestivum Exposed to Persistent Environmental Pollutants." Molecules 26, no. 15 (July 23, 2021): 4448. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules26154448.

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Persistent pollutants such as pharmaceuticals, pesticides, musk fragrances, and dyes are frequently detected in different environmental compartments and negatively impact the environment and humans. Understanding the impacts of diffuse environmental pollutants on plants is still limited, especially at realistic environmental concentrations of contaminants. We studied the effects of key representatives of two major classes of environmental pollutants (nine different antibiotics and six different textile dyes) on the leaf carotenoid (violaxanthin and neoxanthin) content in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) using different pollutant concentrations and application times. The wheat plants were watered with solutions of selected environmental pollutants in two different concentrations of 0.5 mg L−1 and 1.5 mg L−1 for one week (0.5 L) and two weeks (1 L). Both categories of pollutants selected for this study negatively influenced the content of violaxanthin and neoxanthin, whereas the textile dyes represented more severe stress to the wheat plants. The results demonstrate that chronic exposure to common diffusively spread environmental contaminants constitutes significant stress to the plants.
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Wang, Ru Qin. "Degradation of Persistent Organic Pollutants Mechanism Summary." Advanced Materials Research 356-360 (October 2011): 620–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.356-360.620.

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Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) refers to the chemical structure stability, the toxicity, big,difficult biodegradation , there is a long time in nature,.to concentrate the detention easily in organism kind of organic chemistry pollutant.POPs has become the field of environmental chemistry and toxicology studies of ecological problems affecting human survival, it is the 21st century, a major health problem. Overview of the current domestic and international persistent organic pollutants on the degradation mechanism of the type. Presented on persistent organic pollutants to solve the problem.
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Guo, Xiaohong, Chengyun Xie, Lijuan Wang, Qinfan Li, and Yan Wang. "Biodegradation of persistent environmental pollutants by Arthrobacter sp." Environmental Science and Pollution Research 26, no. 9 (January 31, 2019): 8429–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-04358-0.

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Alharbi, Omar M. L., Al Arsh Basheer, Rafat A. Khattab, and Imran Ali. "Health and environmental effects of persistent organic pollutants." Journal of Molecular Liquids 263 (August 2018): 442–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2018.05.029.

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Laane, R. W. P. M. "Persistent pollutants in marine ecosystems." Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 14, no. 1 (August 1993): 89–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0169-7722(93)90043-r.

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Ballschmiter, K. "Persistent, Ecotoxic and Bioaccumulative Compounds and their Possible Environmental Effects." Pure and Applied Chemistry 68, no. 9 (September 30, 1996): 1771–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1351/pac199668091771.

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The relationship between physicochemical properties, environmental distribution and effects of organochlorine compounds as a major class of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are discussed. The environmental fate of a compound includes its transport and dispersion in the environment as well as its accumulation and transformation in defined environmental compartments. Accumulation and transformation as the result of environmental distribution may have long-term consequences; this is indicated by the ultimate accumulation and long-term bioactivity of several widely spread organochlorines, and is clearly evident in the decomposition of chlorofluorocarbons in the stratosphere.Depending on the order of trophic levelsbiomagnifiaction factors of 10,000 up to 100,000 are encountered for persistentsemivolatile organochlorines such as 4,4'-DDE, PCB congeners or some Toxapheneconstituents. Mammals show intra-species pollutant transfer during thelactation period. While the mother animal is partly depleting its bodyburden, the calve accumulates in a critical period of its life via themilk a concentrated input of persistent organochlorines. A similar depletionphenomenon is also found for fish and crustacean which enrich in the eggsa substantial part of the accumulated body burden of the female.The air skimming of semivolatiles by plantsurfaces leads to surprisingly high levels of pollutants in the uppersoil layers of forests that otherwise would be considered pristine interms of human activities.
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Cooney, Catherine M. "Canada acts to eliminate persistent organic pollutants." Environmental Science & Technology 31, no. 1 (January 1997): 16A. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es972069l.

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Smarr, Melissa M., Katherine L. Grantz, Cuilin Zhang, Rajeshwari Sundaram, José M. Maisog, Dana Boyd Barr, and Germaine M. Buck Louis. "Persistent organic pollutants and pregnancy complications." Science of The Total Environment 551-552 (May 2016): 285–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.02.030.

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COVACI, A., C. HURA, and P. SCHEPENS. "Selected persistent organochlorine pollutants in Romania." Science of The Total Environment 280, no. 1-3 (December 3, 2001): 143–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0048-9697(01)00820-8.

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Filote, Cătălina, Mihaela Roșca, Raluca Maria Hlihor, Petronela Cozma, Isabela Maria Simion, Maria Apostol, and Maria Gavrilescu. "Sustainable Application of Biosorption and Bioaccumulation of Persistent Pollutants in Wastewater Treatment: Current Practice." Processes 9, no. 10 (September 22, 2021): 1696. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pr9101696.

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Persistent toxic substances including persistent organic pollutants and heavy metals have been released in high quantities in surface waters by industrial activities. Their presence in environmental compartments is causing harmful effects both on the environment and human health. It was shown that their removal from wastewaters using conventional methods and adsorbents is not always a sustainable process. In this circumstance, the use of microorganisms for pollutants uptake can be seen as being an environmentally-friendly and cost-effective strategy for the treatment of industrial effluents. However, in spite of their confirmed potential in the remediation of persistent pollutants, microorganisms are not yet applied at industrial scale. Thus, the current paper aims to synthesize and analyze the available data from literature to support the upscaling of microbial-based biosorption and bioaccumulation processes. The industrial sources of persistent pollutants, the microbial mechanisms for pollutant uptake and the significant results revealed so far in the scientific literature are identified and covered in this review. Moreover, the influence of different parameters affecting the performance of the discussed systems and also very important in designing of treatment processes are highly considered. The analysis performed in the paper offers an important perspective in making decisions for scaling-up and efficient operation, from the life cycle assessment point of view of wastewater microbial bioremediation. This is significant since the sustainability of the microbial-based remediation processes through standardized methodologies such as life cycle analysis (LCA), hasn’t been analyzed yet in the scientific literature.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Environmental chemistry. Persistent pollutants"

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Johnsen, Ida Egge. "The Effect of Persistent Organic Pollutants on Thyroid Hormone Levels in Arctic Breeding Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)." Thesis, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for biologi, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-13743.

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Black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) breeding in the Arctic, are exposed to annual fluctuating environmental conditions. The impact of inter-year variations in environmental conditions on the blood concentrations of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) was examined in black-legged kittiwakes breeding in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard. In addition, it was examined if inter-year variations in concentration of POPs were affecting circulating thyroid hormone (TH) levels. Blood samples were collected from breeding kittiwakes during the incubation period in 2008 (n=46) and 2009 (n=31), two different years in respect of environmental conditions. The whole blood samples were analyzed for POPs: polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs; PCB-28, -52, -99, -118, -101, -138, -153, 180, -183, -187, -194), hexachlorobezene (HCB), hexachlorocyclohexan (HCH), dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (p,p’-DDT), dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (p,p’-DDE) oxychlordane, cis-chlordane, trans-chlordane, cis-nonachlor, trans-nonachlor, heptachlor, heptachloroepoxid, and mirex, using gas chromatography mass spectrometry. Plasma was analysed for concentrations of total triiodothyronine (T3), using radioimmunoassay. Associations between variables of POPs and T3 were analysed using univariate statistics. Biometric measurements of the kittiwakes; body mass, skull length, and wing length where included in the statistical analysis, together with calculated BC (BC; body mass controlled for body size). Associations between the variables were analysed using multivariate statistics. The PCBs were the dominant contaminants in both 2008 and 2009. The three major constituents in the kittiwakes were PCB-153, followed by PCB-138 and PCB-180. Even though the body condition of the kittiwakes was significant poorer in 2009 compared to 2008, the concentrations of PCBs and DDE did not differ between 2008 and 2009. The concentration (ng/g wet weight [w.w.]) of HCB and oxychlordane were significant higher in 2009 compared to 2008. There was a strong negative association between HCB and body condition of the kittiwakes. Also the concentration of oxychlordane was negative correlated to body condition. Thus, kittiwakes with poor body condition had higher levels of HCB and oxychlordane. Additionally, HCB, oxychlordane and PCB-183 were positively associated with egg-laying date, while body condition was negatively correlated to egg-laying date. The results showed that kittiwakes with a poor body condition and thus, high levels of HCB and oxychlordane, were associated with late breeding. The low body condition in 2009 indicated poor food availability and unfavourable conditions for the kittiwakes that year.
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Hansen, Ingunn Tjelta. "Effects of Persistent Organic Pollutants on Reproductive Hormones in Male Polar Bears (Ursus Maritimus) from Svalbard." Thesis, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for biologi, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-16822.

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PCBs and other environmental contaminants have been found to have an effect on steroid hormones in polar bears (Ursus maritimus). The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) on the steroidogenesis in male polar bears from Svalbard. Blood samples from male polar bears (n=23) were collected at Svalbard, Norway in April 2008 as a part of the International Polar Year-project, BearHealth. The sampled individuals were between 3-21 years, where individuals under 5 years (n=6) were categorized as subadults. Serum and plasma samples were analysed for steroid hormones (pregnenolone (Pre), progesterone (Pro), androstenedione (AN), dehydroepiandrosterone (DEA), testosterone (TS), dihydrotestosterone (DHT), estrone (E1), estradiol-17α (E2-α) and estradiol-17β (E2-β)) with a recently developed gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS) determination method, whereas cholesterol concentrations were measured by Reflotron. The environmental contaminants (HCB, α‐HCH, β‐HCH, oxychlordane, trans‐nonachlor, mirex, p,p'-DDE, p,p'‐DDT, PCB‐47, PCB‐74, PCB‐99, PCB‐101, PCB‐128, PCB‐137, PCB-138, PCB‐153, PCB‐170, PCB‐180, PCB‐183, PCB‐187, PCB‐194, PCB‐206, PCB-105, PCB-114, PCB-118, PCB-156, PCB-157, PCB-167, PCB-189, 4'-OH-CB107, 4'-OH-CB130, 3'-OH - CB138, 4‐OH‐CB146, 4'-OH‐CB159, 4'-OH-CB172, 3'-OH-CB180, 4-OH‐CB187, BDE-47, BDE-154) included in this study were analysed by gas chromatography-electron capture detection (GC-ECD) or GC/MS. Multivariate regression analysis, principal component analysis (PCA) and orthogonal partial least squares (OPLS) regression, were performed to investigate the influence of the contaminants on the steroid hormones in the adult individuals. Only the OPLS model with DHT as the response variable was significant. Most of the environmental contaminants had a significantly negative contribution on the variation in dihydrotestosterone concentrations. Based on the statistical analyses, the poly-ortho PCBs and HCB might be more central in explaining the variation in DHT concentrations, while PBDEs and OH-PCBs seems to be less important. Androstenedione were found to be the androgen with highest concentration in circulating blood from male polar bears, unlike other studies on mammals where testosterone has been found to be the most abundant androgen. The high level of AN might be connected to the negative effect of contaminants on DEA levels. The GC-MS/MS method applied in the current study can successfully compete with other frequently used determinations methods, such as RIA. The method is appropriate for the study several steroid hormones and their precursors in male polar bears and can be recommended for studies investigating the effect of persistent organic pollutants on the on the steroidogenesis.
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Weiss, Jana. "Human exposure to persistent organic pollutants : Illustrated by four case studies in Europe." Doctoral thesis, Stockholm : Department of Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-1057.

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Persson, N. Johan. "Models of the Distribution of Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Marine Environment." Doctoral thesis, Stockholm : Univ, 2003. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-11.

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Newsome, Bradley J. "Addressing Public Health Risks of Persistent Pollutants Through Nutritional Modulation and Biomimetic Nanocomposite Remediation Platforms." UKnowledge, 2014. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/chemistry_etds/38.

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Due to their relative chemical stability and ubiquity in the environment, chlorinated organic contaminants such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) pose significant health risks and enduring remediation challenges. Engineered nanoparticles (NPs) provide a novel platform for sensing/remediation of these toxicants, in addition to the growing use of NPs in many industrial and biomedical applications, but there remains concern for their potential long-term health effects. Research highlighted herein also represents a transdisciplinary approach to address human health challenges associated with exposure to PCBs and NPs. The objectives of this dissertation research are two-fold, 1) to develop effective methods for capture/sensing and remediation of environmental toxicants, and 2) to better understand associated risks and to elucidate relevant protective mechanisms, such as lifestyle-related modulators of environmental disease. Prevalent engineered nanoparticles, including aluminum oxide and titanium dioxide, have been studied to better understand effective nanoparticle dispersion methods for in vitro nanotoxicology studies. This work has served both to effectively stabilize these nanoparticles under physiological conditions and to better understand the associated mechanisms of toxicity, which links these metal nanoparticles to endothelial oxidative stress and inflammation through phosphorylation of key cellular signaling molecules and increased DNA binding of pro-inflammatory NFκB. Surface functionalization, though, is being found to limit potential toxicity and has been utilized in subsequent research. A novel polyphenol-functionalized, NP-based system has been developed which combines the biomimetic binding capabilities of nutrient polyphenols with the separation and heating capabilities of superparamagnetic iron oxide NPs for the capture/sensing of organic contaminants in polluted water sources. Magnetic nanocomposite microparticles (MNMs) incorporating the fluorescent polyphenols quercetin and curcumin exhibit high affinity for model organic pollutants followed by rapid magnetic separation, addressing the need for sustainable pollutant remediation. Further work has been performed to both better understand health concerns associated with environmental toxicants such as PCBs and to determine effective methods for modulating their toxicity. This research has shown that PCB remediation through dechlorination is a viable technique for decreasing endothelial inflammation, although complete dechlorination to biphenyl is necessary to effectively eliminate superoxide production, NFκB activation, and induction of inflammatory markers. Additionally, the nutrient polyphenol EGCG, found in green tea, has been shown to serve as a biomedical modulator of in vivo PCB toxicity by up-regulating a battery of antioxidant enzymes transcriptionally controlled by AhR and Nrf2 proteins.
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Garí, de Barbarà Mercè 1982. "Patterns of accumulation of persistent organic pollutants in human populations." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/132809.

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The present research explores the levels and patterns of accumulation of a wide range of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the human population. It assesses two major families of POPs, namely organochlorine compounds (OCs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), and focuses on the population of Catalonia, a Mediterranean country in South-West Europe with active agricultural and industrial sectors. The research described in this study is based on a public health survey conducted by the Government of Catalonia in 2002, which included a health exam and a blood testing for 919 individuals. Gas chromatography and mass spectrometry techniques have been used to determine the concentrations of these pollutants in the serum samples. This research has customised a methodology to better detect organochlorine compounds in human serum samples. It has also contrasted the POP concentrations with a set of socio-demographic factors, with a special focus on age, sex and body mass index (BMI). And nally, it provides complementary assessments on POPs in other locations of Catalonia, including the Flix township that hosts a chemical factory; and on mercury, which is a non-organic persistent pollutant, in the infant population of the Menorca island. In essence, this research navigates in a diversity of pollutants, research methodologies and geographic conditions to explore the linkages between environmental pollution and human health.
Aquest estudi avalua els nivells i els patrons d'acumulació d'un ampli ventall de contaminants orgànics persistents (COPs) en la població humana. Comprèn dues classes de COPs, específicament els compos- tos organoclorats (OCs) i els polibromodifenil eters (PBDEs), i se centra en la població de Catalunya, un país mediterrani del sud-oest d'Europa amb uns sectors agrícola i industrial actius. La recerca descrita en aquest estudi es basa en una enquesta de salut pública duta a terme per la Generalitat de Catalunya el 2002, que va incloure en examen de salut i l'extracció d'una mostra de sang per a 919 persones. Les concentracions d'aquests contaminants en les mostres de s erum es van determinat mitjan cant t ecniques de cromatogra a de gasos i espectrometria de masses. En aquesta recerca s'ha dissenyat una metodologia específica per tal de millorar la detecció dels compostos organoclorats en mostres de sèrum humà. A més, les concentracions de COPs s'han contrastat amb una sèrie de factors sòcio-demogràfics, amb una especial atenció al sexe, l'edat i l' índex de massa corporal (IMC). Finalment, l'estudi proporciona avaluacions complementàries sobre els COPs en altres llocs de Catalunya, incloent el municipi de Flix, que acull una fàabrica de productes químics; i sobre el mercuri, un contaminant persistent inorgànic, a la població infantil de l'illa de Menorca. En resum, aquesta recerca combina una diversitat de contaminants, mètodes analítics i àrees geogrà ques per tal d'explorar l'associació entre la contaminació medioambiental i la salut humana.
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Strid, Anna. "Organohalogen contaminants in Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus)." Doctoral thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för material- och miljökemi (MMK), 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-45828.

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The remote sub-Arctic/Arctic environment has due to human activities become a sink for organohalogen contaminants (OHCs). These OHC include traditional contaminants such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), DDTs and technical mixtures of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), all included in the Stockholm Convention list of persistent organic pollutants (POPs). Other OHCs, currently under evaluation to be included among the POPs i.e. short chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) and hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD) are also found in these environments as well as a whole range of other OHCs. The main objective of this thesis is to increase the knowledge about the presence of OHCs in a high trophic Arctic shark species, the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus). The Greenland shark is an opportunistic feeder, occasionally feeding at the top of the Arctic marine food chain. Furthermore may this species have a life span in excess of 100 years and is probably among the oldest of any fish species. These traits make the shark prone to accumulate elevated concentrations of OHCs. This has shown to be true for the Greenland sharks studied and most of the targeted OHCs were determined in the species. The highest concentrations were observed for the DDTs, ranging up to 26 μg/g fat. Other OHCs reported that are of special interest are SCCPs and brominated flame retardants used as replacement products to PBDEs; pentabromoethylbenzene (PBEB) and 1,2-bis(2,4,6-tribromophenoxy)ethane (BTBPE). Also a range of OHCs whose origin is assumed to be natural, were shown to be present in Greenland sharks. This thesis is stressing the fact that even though the use of certain OHCs has been banned for decades they are still present at high concentrations in the deep waters of the Arctic. Therefore it is of major importance to continue to monitor the fate of traditional and emerging OHCs in the environment, and for this purpose the Greenland shark is an excellent species.
At the time of the doctoral defense, the following papers were unpublished and had a status as follows: Paper 3: Manuscript. Paper 4: Manuscript.
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Betson, Tatiana. "Deuterium isotopomers as a tool in environmental research." Doctoral thesis, Umeå : Univ, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-938.

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Yang, Congqiao. "Persistent organic pollutants in lacustrine environments." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2014. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/5030/.

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Water samples taken from nine English freshwater lakes from a mix of urban, rural, and remote locations on 13 occasions between April 2008 and February 2012 were analysed for selected non-dioxin like-PCBs, tri- through hexa-PBDEs, and the three main HBCD diastereomers (\(\alpha\)-, \(\beta\)-, and \(\gamma\)-HBCD). Concentrations of PCBs and HBCDs declined over the sampling period with half-lives of 3.8 and 5.1 years, respectively. In addition, concentrations of PCBs, HBCDs, tri- through deca-BDEs, and 32 selected NBFRs were measured in radiometrically-dated sediment core slices taken in summer 2011/2 from seven of the same English lakes. Temporal trends in contamination with “legacy” POPs generally accord with historical trends in UK manufacture and use, with PCB contamination at all lakes increasing from ~1950, peaking generally between the late-1960s and mid-1980s, before declining steadily thereafter. In contrast, at most sites, BDE-209 displayed generally smooth increases following its initial emergence, and showed no obvious levelling off trend. Contamination with some NBFRs displayed significantly increasing trends. Spatial variation in POPs contamination of the lakes studied was evident; with regression analysis suggesting concentrations are higher in lakes with surface areas that are small relative to their catchment area, and that are closer to areas of high population density. The estimated PCB burden in the British environment is 521 tons, with TBPH (281 tons) and BDE-209 (147 tons) following not far behind. Estimated UK burdens of the remaining target compounds were significantly lower.
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Wiberg, Karin. "Enantiospecific Analysis and Environmental Behavior of Chiral Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Kemiska institutionen, 2002. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-9.

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Many persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are chiral. These pollutants are generally released into the environment as racemates, but frequently undergo alterations in enantiomeric composition as soon as they are subjected to life chemistry processes. Enantiospecific analysis of chiral POPs is important since enantiomers of chiral compounds often exhibit differences in biological activity, and most biochemical processes in nature are stereospecific. For abiotic processes, such as air-water gas exchange, deposition and long-range air transport, enantiomeric patterns of POPs may be used as chemical markers. The aim of the work described in this thesis was to improve our knowledge about the presence and fate of enantiomers of chiral POPs inthe environment to provide a sound basis for accurate risk assessment. The compounds included were organochlorine (OC) pesticides (α-HCH, chlordanes and o,p’-DDT), atropisomeric PCBs and some of their respective metabolites (heptachlor-exo-epoxide, oxychlordane and MeSO2-PCBs). Analytical methods for chiral PCBs were developed, and the elution sequences of (+) and (−)-enantiomers were determined. Enantiomeric fraction (EF) was proposed as a better reflector of chiral composition than the conventional enantiomeric ratio (ER). Enantioselective bioprocessing in various compartments was studied, with the main emphasis on factors controlling chiral composition in biota Correlations were detected between changes in EFs and differences in trophic levels. The changes were, however, not consistent for all compounds. Instead, the enantiomeric composition was found to be species-specific in the polar bear food chain and in aquatic species from the Baltic Sea. The EFs of some POPs in Baltic seals were related tonutritional status and biotransformation capacity. Enantiomeric and isomeric patterns were used to investigate abiotic processes in the southern Baltic Sea environment and EFs were used tostudy soil as a source of atmospheric heptachlor-exo-epoxide.
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Books on the topic "Environmental chemistry. Persistent pollutants"

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Scheringer, Martin. Persistence and spatial range of environmental chemicals: New ethical and scientific concepts for risk assessment. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH, 2002.

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Scheringer, Martin. Persistenz und Reichweite von Umweltchemikalien. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH, 1999.

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Quante, Markus. Persistent Pollution – Past, Present and Future: School of Environmental Research - Organized by Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.

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Harrad, Stuart. Persistent organic pollutants. Hoboken, N.J: Wiley, 2009.

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Persistent organic pollutants. Hoboken, N.J: Wiley, 2009.

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Toxics Link (Organization : India), ed. Trojan horses: Persistent organic pollutants in India. [New Delhi: Srishti, 2000.

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East, Karen. Virtually eliminating persistent toxic substances in the Great Lakes Basin. [Lansing, Mich.]: Science and Technology Division, Michigan Legislative Service Bureau, 1995.

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Gallagher, Michael J. Draft strategy to continually reduce persistent, bioaccumulative, toxic chemicals (PBTs) in Washington State. Olympia, Wash: Washington State Dept. of Ecology, 2000.

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Environmental chemistry in society. Boca Raton: Taylor & Francis, 2008.

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Carpenter, David O. Effects of persistent and bioactive organic pollutants on human health. Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley, 2013.

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Book chapters on the topic "Environmental chemistry. Persistent pollutants"

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van Drooge, Barend L., and Joan O. Grimalt. "Persistent Organic Pollutants in the European Atmosphere." In The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, 75–100. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/698_2012_166.

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van Drooge, Barend L., and Joan O. Grimalt. "Erratum to: Persistent Organic Pollutants in the European Atmosphere." In The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, E1. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38451-6_162.

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Wania, Frank, Li Li, and Michael S. McLachlan. "Mechanistically Modeling Human Exposure to Persistent Organic Pollutants." In A New Paradigm for Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology, 115–28. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9447-8_9.

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Eljarrat, E., and D. Barceló. "Toxicity Potency Assessment of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Sediments and Sludges." In The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, 99–140. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/b97177.

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Vukmirović, Zorka, Miroslava Unkašević, and Ivana Tošic. "Atmospheric Transport and Deposition of Persistent Organic Pollutants Under Warfare Conditions." In The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, 171–208. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-87963-3_6.

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de Solla, Shane R. "Exposure, Bioaccumulation, Metabolism and Monitoring of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Terrestrial Wildlife." In The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, 203–52. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/698_2015_450.

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Guillén, Daniel, Antoni Ginebreda, Ethel Eljarrat, Mira Petrovic, and Damià Barceló. "Occurrence of Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Llobregat River Basin: An Overview." In The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, 117–33. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/698_2012_144.

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Ščančar, Janez, Ester Heath, Tea Zuliani, Milena Horvat, Jože Kotnik, Silva Perko, and Radmila Milačič. "Elements and Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Sediments of the Sava River." In The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, 95–121. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44034-6_5.

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Navarro-Ortega, Alícia, and Damià Barceló. "Persistent Organic Pollutants in Water, Sediments, and Biota in the Ebro River Basin." In The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, 139–66. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/698_2010_77.

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Sarkar, S. K., K. K. Satpathy, M. P. Jonathan, A. Bhattacharya, A. Alam, M. Chatterjee, B. D. Bhattacharya, and S. N. Biswas. "Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Sediments and Biota in Coastal Environments of India." In Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World, 375–406. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2442-6_10.

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Conference papers on the topic "Environmental chemistry. Persistent pollutants"

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Zhang, He. "Migration and Transformation of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in the Atmosphere." In 2016 5th International Conference on Environment, Materials, Chemistry and Power Electronics. Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/emcpe-16.2016.111.

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Kononchuk, N., and I. Narkevich. "TECHNOLOGIES FOR PROCESSING PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS." In SAKHAROV READINGS 2020:ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS OF THE XXI CENTURY. Minsk, ICC of Minfin, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.46646/sakh-2020-2-379-382.

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Mou, Xin-li, Jing Zhao, Yan Wang, Jun-sheng Qi, and Chuan Fu. "Estimation of persistent organic pollutants' environmental parameters by using molecular topological index." In 2010 2nd Conference on Environmental Science and Information Application Technology (ESIAT). IEEE, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/esiat.2010.5568388.

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Holoubek, Ivan, Jan Helesic, Anton Kocan, and Bohumil Pokorny. "Environmental impact assessment of persistent organic pollutants in the surroundings of various industrial sources." In European Symposium on Optics for Environmental and Public Safety, edited by Tuan Vo-Dinh. SPIE, 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.224104.

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Garí, Mercè, and Joan Grimalt. "P I – 2–4 Exposure to persistent organic pollutants and risk of metabolic syndrome in the population of catalonia." In ISEE Young 2018, Early Career Researchers Conference on Environmental Epidemiology – Together for a Healthy Environment, 19–20 March 2018, Freising, Germany. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2018-iseeabstracts.82.

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Lenters, Virissa, Eliška Čechová, Anton Kočan, Juliette Legler, Pim Leonards, Joan Forns, Nina Iszatt, Hein Stigum, and Merete Eggesbø. "P I – 2–8 Early-life exposure to persistent organic pollutants and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a multi-pollutant assessment of a norwegian birth cohort." In ISEE Young 2018, Early Career Researchers Conference on Environmental Epidemiology – Together for a Healthy Environment, 19–20 March 2018, Freising, Germany. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2018-iseeabstracts.85.

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Burlakovs, Juris, Jovita Pilecka, Inga Grinfelde, and Ruta Ozola-Davidane. "Clay minerals and humic substances as landfill closure covering material constituents: first studies." In Research for Rural Development 2020. Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.22616/rrd.26.2020.032.

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Soil and groundwater as the leachate may contaminate surrounding watersheds, thus different pollutants from closed dumps and landfills pose significant risks to human health and ecology. Pollution may lead to soil and water degradation however it might be diminished through sustainable dump site closure projects and processual management. Several decades of clays and clay minerals studies lead to modified clay composites concept that is one of the potential promising solutions for building the landfill covering material and serve as capping biocover layer at the same time. As humic substances are constituents of soil organic matter, pollutants can be sorbed on the surfaces of complex molecules. This kind of humic acid-clay mineral composite materials thus might become as low cost building material component - covering material. Construction of such layer are to be performed as a combination of clay-humic composites and landfill mined fine fraction of waste with small amendment of natural soil. Several hypotheses that are already proven has to be mentioned: a) Clay minerals produce composites with humic substances; 2) Clay-humic complexes reduce through sorption both organic and inorganic pollutants; 3) Low risk of toxic byproducts from landfill mined waste fine fraction can be the problem; 4) Such composites mostly would trap toxic contaminants (e.g., pharmaceuticals) found in reworked fine fraction of waste. The aim of the work is to provide alternative solution for landfill closure by giving theoretical considerations from multidisciplinary knowledge of environmental engineering, chemistry and waste management.
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