During passive air sampling, the amount of a chemical taken up in a sorbent from the air
without the help of a pump is quantified and converted into an air concentration. In an …

On the African continent, ongoing agriculture intensification is accompanied by the
increasing use of pesticides, associated with environmental and public health concerns …

Sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation is an important part of the
millennium development goals (MDGs). For most African countries, an extensive effort is …

Despite the increasing use of pesticides in tropical countries, research and legislative efforts
have focused on their temperate counterparts. This paper presents a review of the literature …

The use of passive air samplers (PAS) for semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs)
continues to expand. To advance quantitative understanding of uptake kinetics, we …

The Global Monitoring Plan of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
(POPs) was established to generate long-term data necessary for evaluating the …

XAD-based passive air samplers (PAS) were used to evaluate organochlorine pesticides
(OCPs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and …

Increasing use of current-use pesticides (CUPs) in Africa raises environmental and public
health concerns. But there is a large uncertainty about their occurrence and the composition …

Food security has become increasingly under threat, which is also the case in southern
Africa. This food security threat is due to continuing population growth, a more protein-rich …

Atmospheric levels of chlorinated paraffins (CPs) at five remote, six rural and four urban sites
in Australia were measured using XAD-2 passive air samplers (XAD-PAS). While long-chain …