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  6. Natural and Artificial Radioactivity in the Rhine and Its Tributaries

    Presently, natural and artificial radioactivity in the Rhine River does not present a radiological hazard to the population. On the contrary, the...
    Sascha Wisser, Jens Hartkopf in The Rhine
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  7. Brominated Flame Retardants in the Great Lakes

    Brominated flame retardants in the Great Lakes have not been as well studied as many of the polychlorinated pollutants, especially PCBs, but in the...
    Ronald A. Hites in Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Great Lakes
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  8. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Great Lakes

    Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are produced during the incomplete combustion of organic material. They can also be produced through...
    Matt F. Simcik, John H. Offenberg in Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Great Lakes
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  9. Early Warning Strategies and Practices Along the River Rhine

    In 1986, the International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine (ICPR) installed a Warning and Alarm Plan (WAP) in order to avert the dangers...
    Peter Diehl, Thomas Gerke, ... Hans-Günter Willemsen in The Rhine
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  10. Development, Occurrence and Regulationof Antifouling Paint Biocides: Historical Review and Future Trends

    Antifouling agents have been used on ships since the ancient Roman and Greek civilizations. A brief history is provided through to the demise of...
    James W. Readman in Antifouling Paint Biocides
    Chapter

  11. Pharmaceuticals in the River Rhine

    Pharmaceuticals are introduced into the River Rhine mainly via wastewater and can be detected almost permanently in mixed samples taken over the...
    H. Weil, T. P. Knepper in The Rhine
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  12. Worldwide Occurrence of Organotins from Antifouling Paints and Effects in the Aquatic Environment

    Organotins belong to the most toxic pollutants for aquatic life known so far. Widespread contamination of harbors and areas with high ship**...
    Karl Fent in Antifouling Paint Biocides
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  13. Antifouling Paint Booster Biocides: Occurrence and Partitioning in Water and Sediments

    Following the ban on the use of tributyltin (TBT) in antifouling, several organic booster biocides have been used in conjunction with copper in...
    Nikolaos Voulvoulis in Antifouling Paint Biocides
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  14. Pollutants as Byproducts and Degradation Products of Chemical Syntheses

    Byproducts of industrial organic syntheses are emitted with the wastewater into the River Rhine; in many cases they are polar and poorly...
    T. P. Knepper, F. Karrenbrock in The Rhine
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  15. New Trends in Sample Preparation Methods for the Determination of Organotin Compounds in Marine Matrices

    Tributyltin still remains a major issue for the marine environment and its determination is mandatory by legislation in several countries. As for...
    C. Brunori, I. Ipolyi, ... R. Morabito in Antifouling Paint Biocides
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  16. Water Quality of Lake Constance

    Lake Constance is used as a drinking water reservoir for about 5 million people. Because of its glacial origin from the Alps, the amount of...
    Michael Petri in The Rhine
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  17. Hydrology

    The River Rhine is one of the major rivers of Europe -#8211; the only river that connects the Alps with the North Sea. It flows 1320 km from two...
    Walter Jülich, Klaus Lindner in The Rhine
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  18. Pesticides in the Great Lakes

    Pesticides have been widely and heavily used in agriculture in the Great Lakes Basin (approximately 93000 tons were used in 1995 alone). Herbicides...
    Kurunthachalam Kannan, Jeff Ridal, John Struger in Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Great Lakes
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  19. Degradation and Preservation of Organic Matter in Marine Sediments

    Organic matter that is deposited in aquatic sediments is subject to an intense diagenetic reactor that determines how much organic carbon is...
    Stuart G. Wakeham, Elizabeth A. Canuel in Marine Organic Matter: Biomarkers, Isotopes and DNA
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  20. Present Status of Antifouling Systems in Japan: Tributyltin Substitutes in Japan

    An international conference held by the International Maritime Organization in October 2001 adopted an “International convention on the control of...
    Hideo Okamura, Hirohisa Mieno in Antifouling Paint Biocides
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