Organochlorines persistence

Keywords Gas-to-particle-phase partitioning, Long-range atmospheric transport, Organochlorines, Persistent organic pollutants, Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons... 

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FIGURE 4.3 Loss of pesticides from soil, (a) Breakdown of herbicides in soil, (b) Disappearance of persistent organochlorine insecticides from soils (from Walker et al. 2000). 

Moriarty, F. (Ed.) (1975). Organochlorine Insecticides Persistent Organic Pollutants—A collection of focused chapters on ecotoxicological aspects of the organochlorine insecticides. 

Many of the components of PCB and PBB mixtures are both lipophilic and stable, chemically and biochemically. Similar to the persistent organochlorine insecticides and their stable metabolites, they can undergo strong bioconcentration and bioaccumulation to reach relatively high concentrations in predators. 

Cyclodienes A group of organochlorine (OC) insecticides, some of which are highly toxic and persistent (e.g., aldrin, dieldrin, and heptachlor). 

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Walker, C.H. (1975). Variations in the intake and elimination of pollutants. In Organochlorine Insecticides Persistent Organic Pollutants. London Academic Press, 73-131. 

Walker C.H. Variation in the Intake and Elimination of Pollutants // Organochlorine Insecticides Persistent Organic Pollutants. Acad. Press 1975. P. 73-131. 

Landrigan PJ Mount Sinai School of Medicine of CUNY, New York, NY Lead and organochlorines in New York City study the current urban sources, environmental distribution and toxic effects on human health of lead and persistent chlorinated hydrocarbons—in particular PCBs and DDT National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences... 

Choi JW, Matsuda M, Kawano M, Min BY, Wakimoto T (2001) Accumulation profiles of persistent organochlorines in waterbirds from an estuary in Korea. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 41(3) 353-363. doi 10.1007/s002440010259... 

Hela DG, Konstantinou IK, Sakellarides TM, Lambropoulou DA, Akriotis T, Albanis TA (2006) Persistent organochlorine contaminants in fiver and fat of birds of prey from Greece. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 50(4) 603-613. doi 10.1007/s00244-005-0101-0... 

Sakellarides TM, Konstantinou IK, Hela DG, Lambropoulou D, Dimou A, Albanis TA (2006) Accumulation profiles of persistent organochlorines in fiver and fat tissues of various waterbird species from Greece. Chemosphere 63(8) 1392-1409. doi 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.09.025... 

Covaci A, Tutudaki M, Tsatsakis AM, Schepens P (2002) Hair analysis another approach for the assessment of human exposure to selected persistent organochlorine pollutants. Chemosphere 46(3) 413-418. doi 10.1016/S0045-6535(01)00065-0... 

Sum Chi Lee received her B.A.Sc. and M.A.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Toronto. She has conducted environmental research at various government organizations and the University of Toronto. Her research activities have included establishing the physical-chemical properties of organochlorines and understanding the sources, trends, and behavior of persistent organic pollutants in the atmosphere of the Canadian Arctic. 

Iwata H, Tanabe S, Sakai N, Tatsukawa R (1993) Distribution of persistent organochlorines in the oceanic air and surface seawater and the role of ocean on their global transport and fate. Environ Sci Technol 27(6) 1080-1098... 

Barrett, R.T., J.U. Skaare, and G.W. Gabrielsen. 1996. Recent changes in levels of persistent organochlorines and mercury in eggs of seabirds from the Barents Sea. Environ. Pollut. 92 13-18. 

Guruge, K.S., S. Tanabe, M. Fukuda, S. Yamagishi, and R. Tatsukawa. 1997. Accumulation pattern of persistent organochlorine residues in common cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo) from Japan. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 34 186-193. 

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