Bioconcentration of Super-Hydrophobic and Other Persistent Organic Pollutants POPs

Bioconcentration of Super-Hydrophobic Chemicals and Other Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) 

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) have become the focus of growing national and international concern (United Nations, Greenpeace, Environmental Protection Agencies of the USA, Germany and many other countries) [159,160]. POPs are organic substances that 

The acronym, POP, is gaining world-wide acceptance, although some national agencies still use other terms, e. g. persistent environmental pollutants (PEPs), for these chemicals. The chemical industry, for instance, terms them persistent, bioaccumidative, toxic substances (PBTs). The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) prefers bioaccumulative chemicals of concern (BCCs). Much of 

Half-life or Endocrine - disrupting Bioconcentration Factor (BCF)  

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