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The Fate of Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Environment

The Fate of Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Environment

Mehmetli, Ebru
Koumanova, Bogdana

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Series: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental

Technology & EngineeringEnvironmental StudiesGeology

ISBN10: 1402066414
ISBN13: 9781402066412
Publisher: Springer
Published: Nov 21 2007
Pages: 473
Weight: 1.50
Height: 0.99 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are organic compounds of natural or anthropogenic origin that resist photolytic, chemical and biological degradation. They are characterized by low water solubility and high lipid solubility, resulting in bioaccumulation in fatty tissues of living organisms. These properties of unusual high persistence and semi-volatility, coupled with other characteristics, have resulted in the presence of POPs all over the world, even in regions where they have never been used. With the evidence of long-range transport of these substances to regions, the international community has now, at several occasions called for urgent global actions to reduce and eliminate releases of these chemicals. Many countries have already banned or severely restricted the production and use of the twelve POPs in recent decades. Yet they remain a serious problem around the world. Because these chemicals have the ability to travel long distances from their original sources, relying on national-level action alone is ultimately a futile effort.

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