Increased interest in the fate, transport and toxicity of polybrominated diphenyl ethers
(PBDEs) over the past few years has led to a variety of studies reporting different methods of …

Phthalate esters, alkylphenols, bisphenol A and their chlorinated derivatives are the
suspected endocrine disrupters or mutagens. These compounds, commonly called …

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are continuously being introduced into wastewater
treatment plants (WWTPs), even though commercial PBDE mixtures have already been …

To evaluate the bioaccumulation and the risk associated to consumption of lipid-rich
detritivorous fish, a comprehensive set of organic pollutants (n= 213) including …

For more than four decades, scientists and researchers have relied on the Advances in
Chromatography series for the most up-to-date information on a wide range of …

A novel in-drop derivatisation liquid-phase microextraction procedure with an ion-pairing
agent is developed and optimised for the extraction of endocrine-disrupting chemicals. The …

An efficient microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) method has been developed and
evaluated for the quantification of eight major polybrominated diphenylethers (PBDEs) in …

The environmental fate of phenols represents a diachronic scientific consideration mainly
due to their high toxicity and diverse physicochemical properties rendering them difficult to …

A field investigation was carried out to determine PBDE concentrations over a one-year
period in agricultural soils onto which 80 tonnes biosolids/hectare had been applied. The …

Biosolids are commonly applied to agricultural soils. A laboratory investigation was carried
out to determine polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) congener profiles in biosolids and …