An expert meeting was organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) and held in
Stockholm on 15-18 June 1997. The objective of this meeting was to derive consensus toxic …

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic contaminants in
the environment. Individual PCB congeners exhibit different phy sicochemical properties …

In this paper, we review those data which have recently become available for brominated
flame retardants (particularly the brominated diphenyl ethers (BDEs) and …

Blubber biopsy samples were obtained for contaminant analysis from two discrete
populations of killer whales (Orcinus orca) which frequent the coastal waters of British …

Threshold tissue residue concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and 2, 3, 7, 8-
tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin equivalents (TEQs) were derived from the published results of …

Brominated flame retardants are important in modern life. They are used at relatively high
concentrations in electronic equipment such as computers and television sets, in textiles …

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are a class of synthetic halogenated organic
compounds used in commercial and household products, such as textiles, furniture, and …

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), chlorinated pesticides (ie,
dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and its metabolites, chlordanes (CHLs), dieldrin …

While biomagnification of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in aquatic food chains is well
documented, there have been few investigations of the trophodynamics of POPs in Arctic …

A key challenge in ecotoxicology is to assess the potential risks of chemicals to the wide
range of species in the environment on the basis of laboratory toxicity data derived from a …