The Fate of Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Environment

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Stockholm Convention on Pops: Obligations and Implementation....Pages 3-12
Persistent Organic Pollutants (Pops) in the Republic of Moldova: Problems and Solutions....Pages 13-20
Stockholm convention and current situation on pops in turkey....Pages 21-30
Lessons Learned and Good Practice in the Preparation of the National Implementation Plan (NIP) for the Management of Pops in the Republic of Bulgaria....Pages 31-49
Problem of Pops Management in Ukraine: the Lack of Interdepartmental Cooperation and Public Involvement....Pages 51-64
Persistent Organic Pollutants (Pops) Management in Georgia....Pages 65-79
Monitoring of Dioxins and Dioxin-Like Pcbs in Food, Feed, and Biological Samples in Greece....Pages 83-98
Environmental Fate of Legacy Chiral Pesticides in Background Soils....Pages 99-112
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Hot Spots in Russia....Pages 113-126
Pcb Pollution of Izmit bay (Marmara sea) Mussels After the Earthquake....Pages 127-139
Inventory of Unintentional Releases of Pops in Belarus....Pages 141-150
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (Pcbs) in Belarus: Inventory and Priorities for Ecologically Sound Management....Pages 151-160
The Fate of Persistent Organic Pollutants (Pops) in the Environment....Pages 161-171
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs): Food Safety Control in Estonia....Pages 173-185
Analyzing the Global Fractionation of Persistent Organic Pollutants (Pops)....Pages 189-203
Effect of Catastrophic Floods on the Spatial Distribution and Vertical Migration of Pahs in Soil of Flooded Areas....Pages 205-218
Spatial and temporal trends of global, regional, and local pops distribution....Pages 219-228
Halogenated Flame Retardants as Sources for Pops in the Environment....Pages 229-237
Distribution of POPs in Aquatic Ecosystems and Processes for their Removal....Pages 239-249
Variations of Organochlorine Contaminants in Antarctica....Pages 251-267
Dioxin Characterisation, Formation, And Minimisation....Pages 269-282
Occurrence, Fate, and Behavior of Brominated Flame Retardants in Ebro River Basin (Spain)....Pages 283-299
Milk Contamination from Dioxins in Italy: Source Identification and Intervention Strategies....Pages 301-314
Persistent Organic Pollutants (Pops) and Air—Soil Exchange: Case Studies for Ddts....Pages 315-331
Partitioning and Exchange of Organochlorine Contaminants between Abiotic Compartments in Antarctica....Pages 333-351
Remediation of contaminated soils and water with organic chemicals by means of natural, anionic and organic clays....Pages 355-368
The Role of Natural Organic Matter (Humic Substances) on Adsorption of Pesticides Possessing Endocrine Disruptor Activity....Pages 369-383
Pcb-contaminated areas in kazakhstan and analysis of pcb impact on human health experience....Pages 387-403
Impact of pops on the republic of moldova environment and public health....Pages 405-424
Persistent Organic Pollutants (Pops) at Nanotechnology and their Impact on People Health....Pages 425-441
Preliminary Assessment of Situation Related to Dioxins and Furans Releases in Kazakhstan....Pages 443-456
Determination of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (Pbdes) as Persistent Organic Pollutants (Pops) in Polish Food Using Semipermeable Membranes (Spms)....Pages 459-469
Back Matter....Pages 471-473