Organic Pollutants Ten Years After the Stockholm Convention - Environmental and Analytical Update

Edited by Tomasz Puzyn and Aleksandra Mostrag

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Abstract: Ten years after coming into force of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), a wide range of organic chemicals (industrial formulations, plant protection products, pharmaceuticals and personal care products, etc.) still poses the highest priority environmental hazard. The broadening of knowledge of organic pollutants (OPs) environmental fate and effects, as well as the decontamination techniques, is accompanied by an increase in significance of certain pollution sources (e.g. sewage sludge and dredged sediments application, textile industry), associated with a potential generation of new dangers for humans and natural ecosystems. The present book addresses these aspects, especially in the light of Organic Pollutants risk assessment as well as the practical application of novel analytical methods and techniques for removing OPs from the environment. Providing analytical and environmental update, this contribution can be particularly valuable for engineers and environmental scientists.

JEL-codes: Q52 Q53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
ISBN: 978-953-307-917-2
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Alternative Treatment of Recalcitrant Organic Contaminants by a Combination of Biosorption, Biological Oxidation and Advanced Oxidation Technologies

Gustavo Curutchet, Roberto Candal, Marta Litter, Lucas Guz, Elsa Lopez Loveira and Alejandro Senn

Bioavailability of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Studied Through Single-Species Ecotoxicity Tests and Laboratory Microcosm Assays

Bernard Clement

Chemical Degradation of Chlorinated Organic Pollutants for In Situ Remediation and Evaluation of Natural Attenuation

Junko Hara

Depositional History of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Reconstruction of Petroleum Pollution Record in Peninsular Malaysia

Mahyar Sakari

Electrochemical Incineration of Organic Pollutants for Wastewater Treatment: Past, Present and Prospect

Songsak Klamklang, Hugues Vergnes, Kejvalee Pruksathorn and Somsak Damlonglerd

Exposure Assessment to Persistent Organic Pollutants in Wildlife: The Case Study of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico

Guillermo Espinosa-Reyes, Donaji Gonzalez-Mille, Cesar Arturo Ilizaliturri-Hernandez, Fernando Diaz-Barriga and Jesus Mejia-Saavedra

Fenton´s Process for the Treatment of Mixed Waste Chemicals

Claudia Telles Benatti and Celia Regina Tavares

Fundamental Mechanistic Studies of the Photo-Fenton Reaction for the Degradation of Organic Pollutants

Amilcar Machulek, Frank Herbert Quina, Fabio Gozzi, Volnir O. Silva, Leidi C. Friedrich and Jose E. F. Moraes

Global Distillation in an Era of Climate Change

Ross Sadler and Des Connell

Organic Pollutants Treatment from Air Using Electron Beam Generated Nonthermal Plasma - Overview

Yongxia Sun, Andrzej Grzegorz Chmielewski, Andrzej Grzegorz Chmielewski, Andrzej Grzegorz Chmielewski and Andrzej Grzegorz Chmielewski

Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Pollutants: Mechanisms and Kinetics

Malik Mohibbul Haque, Detlef Bahnemann and Mohammad Muneer

Rapid Detection and Recognition of Organic Pollutants at Trace Levels by Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering

Zhengjun Zhang, Qin Zhou and Xian Zhang

Research on Pressure Swing Adsorption of Resin for Treating Gas Containing Toluene

Zhao Shuguo

Study on Sono-Photocatalytic Degradation of POPs: A Case Study Hydrating Polyacrylamide in Wastewater

Fanxiu Li

Textile Finishing Industry as an Important Source of Organic Pollutants

Alenka Le Marechal, Simona Vajnhandl, Bostjan Krizanec and Julija Volmajer Valh

Textile Organic Dyes - Characteristics, Polluting Effects and Separation/Elimination Procedures from Industrial Effluents - A Critical Overview

Carmen Zaharia and Daniela Suteu

The Inputs of POPs into Soils by Sewage Sludge and Dredged Sediments Application

Radim Vacha

The Mass Distribution of Particle-Bound PAH Among Aerosol Fractions: A Case-Study of an Urban Area in Poland

Wioletta Anna Rogula-Kozlowska, Barbara Kozielska, Barbara Blaszczak and Krzysztof Klejnowski

Vapor Phase Hydrogen Peroxide - Method for Decontamination of Surfaces and Working Areas from Organic Pollutants

Petr Kacer, Jiri Svrcek, Kamila Syslova, Marek Kuzma and Libor Cerveny

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DOI: 10.5772/1381

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