TY - BOOK ID - 36368 TI - Organic Pollutants Ten Years After the Stockholm Convention - Environmental and Analytical Update AU - Tomasz Puzyn AU - Aleksandra Mostrag-Szlichtyng PY - 2012 SN - 9789533079172 DB - DOAB KW - Life Sciences KW - Environmental Sciences KW - Environmental Management KW - Pollution UR - https://www.doabooks.org/doab?func=search&query=rid:36368 AB - Ten years after coming into force of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), a wide range of organic chemicals (industrial formulations, plant protection products, pharmaceuticals and personal care products, etc.) still poses the highest priority environmental hazard. The broadening of knowledge of organic pollutants (OPs) environmental fate and effects, as well as the decontamination techniques, is accompanied by an increase in significance of certain pollution sources (e.g. sewage sludge and dredged sediments application, textile industry), associated with a potential generation of new dangers for humans and natural ecosystems. The present book addresses these aspects, especially in the light of Organic Pollutants risk assessment as well as the practical application of novel analytical methods and techniques for removing OPs from the environment. Providing analytical and environmental update, this contribution can be particularly valuable for engineers and environmental scientists. ER -