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Managing Persistent Organic Pollutants in India Case Studies on Vapi and Surat, Gujarat
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) are a class of chemicals that are persistent, bio accumulative and toxic (PBT), which are restricted for use...
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Hazardous Organic Chemicals in Biosolids Recycled as Soil Amendments
The generation and disposal of biosolids produced at municipal wastewater treatment plants is a major environmental issue. Approximately 900 kg of...
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Screening and prioritising persistent, mobile and toxic chemicals: development and application of a robust scoring system
BackgroundLately scientific and societal concern has emerged about persistent (P), mobile (M) and toxic (T) chemicals. Such chemicals, like some...
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Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Mediterranean Sea
Information on levels of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the different biotic (e.g. bivalves, fish, marine mammals and sea birds) and abiotic...
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Progress in European chemicals policy to support the protection of the environment and human health from persistent, mobile and toxic and very persistent and very mobile substances
In 2020, the European Commission released its Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability towards a Toxic Free Environment (CSS) as part of the European...
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Sources of persistent and mobile chemicals in municipal wastewater: a sewer perspective in Leipzig, Germany
Persistent and mobile (PM) chemicals spread in the water cycle and have been widely detected, yet information about their sources is still scarce. In...
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Status of Persistent Organic Pollutants Pollution in India
The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) is a watermark global treaty to manage POPs, considering these chemicals have...
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Persistent Organic Pollutants in Human Milk
This open access book reviews the trends of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in human milk and discusses the main findings of five global surveys...
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Occurrence, Distribution, and Fate of Emerging Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in the Environment
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are a group of organic molecules that resist natural degradation, bioaccumulate in the food web and organisms,...
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Human Milk Surveys on Persistent Organic Pollutants from a Historical Perspective
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) were identified in humans who have not been dealing with these chemicals intentionally—from organochlorine...
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Remediation of Persistent Organic Pollutants Using Advanced Techniques
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) have adverse effects on the environment as they accumulate in the fatty acids and have a half-life on the scale...
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A data-driven analysis of global research trends on dirty-dozen persistent organic pollutants
The occurrence, distribution, and fate of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) have been extensively studied worldwide; however, the patterns and...
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Partitioning of Chemicals in Aquatic Organisms
Human populations have utilized heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants for their physiochemical properties in industrial, agricultural, and...
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Persistent Organic Pollutants (Part II): The New POPs – Sources and Adverse Effects
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are organic pollutants that exist for extended periods of time in our environment. Due to their ubiquitous...
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Quantification of Persistent Organic Pollutants by Microwave Extraction and Soxhlet Extraction in Tailing Samples in Nandan County, Guangxi Province, China
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in tailings have been a great threat to human health, which may cause several diseases such as hypertension,...
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A Review About the Occurrence and Effectiveness of Conventional and Advanced Treatment Technologies of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Surface Water
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) refer to various pollutants, including organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), industrial chemicals, and other...
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Biotransformation of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Ecosystems of the Russian North Pacific
Results of studies considering biotransformation of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in marine organisms from the Far Eastern seas of Russia are...
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Persistent Organic Pollutants (Part I): The “Dirty Dozen” – Sources and Adverse Effects
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are carbon-based pollutants existing in our environment for extended periods of time. POPs are of global concern...
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How Does the Persistent Organic Pollutant Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) Affect Health of the Common Carp?
Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS, C 8 F 17 SO 3 ; CAS No. 2795–39-3), an industrial persistent organic pollutant, has been known with significant...
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Photoactive aurivillius oxide integrated porous polymer monoliths as renewable visible light catalyst for decontaminating persistent organic pollutants
This article uses a mesoporous organic polymer monolithic template embedded with nanosheets of aurivillius oxide, i.e., Bi 2 MoO 6 (BMO), as a visible...
