Persistent organic pollutant cycling in forests

P Gong, H Xu, C Wang, Y Chen, L Guo… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
Owing to their toxicity, persistence and capacity for long-range atmospheric transport,
persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are internationally regulated. However, forests can …

Status, sources and contamination levels of organochlorine pesticide residues in urban and agricultural areas: a preliminary review in central–southern Italian soils

M Thiombane, A Petrik, M Di Bonito, S Albanese… - … Science and Pollution …, 2018 - Springer
Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) are synthetic chemicals commonly used in agricultural
activities to kill pests and are persistent organic pollutants (POPs). They can be detected in …

Forest filter effect: role of leaves in capturing/releasing air particulate matter and its associated PAHs

E Terzaghi, E Wild, G Zacchello, BEL Cerabolini… - Atmospheric …, 2013 - Elsevier
Plants play a key role in removing particulate matter and their associated Semi-volatile
Organic Compounds (SVOCs) from the atmosphere. Understanding the processes involved …

Assessment of Argentinean Patagonia pollution: PBDEs, OCPs and PCBs in different matrices from the Río Negro basin

KSB Miglioranza, M Gonzalez, PM Ondarza… - Science of the Total …, 2013 - Elsevier
This work reports the occurrence and distribution of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs),
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in soil …

Assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in soil of a Natural Reserve (Isola delle Femmine)(Italy) located in front of a plant for the production of cement

S Orecchio - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2010 - Elsevier
Isola delle Femmine Natural Reserve is a very little isle about 15km from the centre of
Palermo, in front of a plant for the production of cement and about 600m from coast. In the …

Spatial distribution of old and emerging flame retardants in Chinese forest soils: sources, trends and processes.

Q Zheng, L Nizzetto, J Li, MD Mulder… - Environmental …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The levels and distribution of polybrominated diphenylethers (PBDEs), novel brominated
flame retardants (NBFRs) and Dechlorane Plus (DP) in soils and their dependence on …

Measurement of mercury, other trace elements and major ions in wet deposition at Jomsom: the semi-arid mountain valley of the Central Himalaya

L Tripathee, J Guo, S Kang, R Paudyal, CM Sharma… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - Elsevier
South Asian pollutants can be transported and deposited via wet/dry deposition to the
remote areas of the Himalayas and could pose a serious threat to the mountain ecosystems …

Levels and spatial distribution of persistent organic pollutants in the environment: a case study of German forest soils

B Aichner, B Bussian, P Lehnik-Habrink… - … science & technology, 2013 - ACS Publications
The Of/Oh-horizons of 447 forest stands in Germany were evaluated for concentrations and
spatial distribution of selected polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated …

Has the burden and distribution of PCBs and PBDEs changed in European background soils between 1998 and 2008? Implications for sources and processes

JK Schuster, R Gioia, C Moeckel… - Environmental …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Background soils were collected from 70 locations on a latitudinal transect in the United
Kingdom and Norway in 2008, ten years after they had first been sampled in 1998. The soils …

Spatial and temporal distribution of total mercury in atmospheric wet precipitation at four sites from the Nepal-Himalayas

L Tripathee, J Guo, S Kang, R Paudyal, J Huang… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
The studies on global pollutant mercury (Hg), which is of public concern due to its high
toxicity and capacity to long-range transport via atmospheric circulation, is poorly …