Phosphorus (P) is an essential element for all living organisms. At the current rate of
extraction, global reserves of mineable deposits will be exhausted within the next few …

Soil, the “Earth's thin skin” serves as the delicate interface between the biosphere,
hydrosphere, atmosphere, and lithosphere. It is a dynamic and hierarchically organized …

This study presents concurrently sampled ambient air data for a range of persistent organic
pollutants at the continental scale. This was achieved using a passive air sampling system …

Scavenging of gas-and aerosol-phase organic pollutants by rain is an efficient wet
deposition mechanism of organic pollutants. However, whereas snow has been identified as …

The remediation of the highly contaminated site around the former chemical plant of ACNA
(near Savona) in Northern Italy is a top priority in Italy. The aim of the present work was to …

The purpose of this study was to determine the degree of contamination with polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in samples of urban soil from three European cities: Glasgow …

Persistent organic pollutants (PAHs and PCBs) in soil samples from seven sites across the
Seine basin were analysed. Samples were taken from industrialized, urban, suburban and …

BFR burdens in abiotic media have been less studied than in biota, despite their essential
value as an aide to identifying sources, temporal and geographic trends and exposure …

A study of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in surface soil was conducted at selected
locations in Agra (semi-arid region of India) for a span of one year in order to ascertain the …

Air–vegetation exchange of POPs is an important process controlling the entry of POPs into
terrestrial food chains, and may also have a significant effect on the global movement of …