Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are formed during incomplete combustion.
Domestic wood burning and road traffic are the major sources of PAHs in Sweden. In …

An accurate and complete emission inventory for atmospheric trace metals on a global scale
is needed for both modeler community and policy makers to assess the current level of …

Accurate and complete data on the global atmospheric releases (emissions) of individual
PCB congeners are essential to study source–receptor relationships and contamination …

The present paper is an overview of the presence and fate of pesticides as persistent
organic pollutants in the environment as well as of the potential for their detoxification, also …

Emission of 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) listed as US Environmental
Protection Agency (US EPA) priority pollutants from major sources in China were compiled …

Global technical 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6-hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) usage data are surveyed from
1948 to 1997. In order to fill both temporal and spatial gaps of the usage data, registration …

Within the context of current international initiatives on the control of persistent organic
pollutants (POPs), an overview is given of the scientific knowledge relating to POP sources …

Normalisation provides a measure of the relative contribution from a product system to one
or more environmental problems. Total yearly emissions for a reference year in a reference …

The recycling longevity of hydrophobic organic contaminants (HOCs) within the global
environment is set by their permanent removal through processes such as degradation and …

The presence of arsenic (As) in water and its effect on human health through both drinking
and agricultural practices is of serious concern worldwide. Arsenicrich groundwater mostly …