Controlling persistent organic pollutants–what next?

Investigation of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in mollusks collected from coastal sites along the Chinese Bohai Sea from 2002 to 2004

“…Some OCPs belong to the Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) that are semi-volatile, environmental persistent, toxic. OCPs have bioaccumulation potential in organisms and long-term adverse effect on ecosystems and human health (Doong et al, 2002;Vallack et al, 1998;Jones and de Voogt, 1999). Considering to their harmful effects on human and ecosystem, during the last 30 years, many international agreements are coming into effect to reduce the environmental burden by reducing or withdrawing the registered usage of OCPs, for example, aldrin, diedrin, endrin, mirex, etc.…”

Determination of Henry's law constants of organochlorine pesticides in deionized and saline water as a function of temperature

“…Previous measurements detected OCPs in a wide range of environmental compartments. They were detected in the snow, icecaps of Arctic and Antarctic environment, far from the original sites of their applications (Macdonald et al, 2000;Vallack et al, 1998 Several approaches based on multimedia fate and transport models have been proposed to determine the long-range transport potential of SOCs (Wania and Dugani, 2003;Palm et al, 2002). Recently, there has been a great interest in environmental fate of SOCs.…”

Gridded inventories of historical usage for selected organochlorine pesticides in Gansu Province, China

“…Some OCPs are persistent organic pollutants (POPs) that are semivolatile, bio-accumulative, persistent, and toxic (Vallack et al 1998;Jones and de Voogt 1999). Most OCPs have been eliminated or restricted in their use in many countries because of their persistence in the environment and bioaccumulation in biota.…”