1. Analytical methods for the measurement of legacy and emerging POPs in complex sample matricesYing Guo and Kurunthachalam Kannan2. Bioanalytical approaches to understanding toxicological implications of mixtures of persistent organic pollutants in marine wildlifeLing Jin, Caroline Gaus, and Beate I. Escher3. Fast analytical techniques based on microextractionRuifen Jiang and Gangfeng Ouyang4. Application of passive sampling techniques in measurement of HOCs in aquatic environmentsLian-Jun Bao and Eddy Y. Zeng 5. Assessment of sediment toxicity with SPME-based approachesJing You, Huizhen Li, and Michael J. Lydy6. Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in the environment and their removal from wastewater through constructed wetlandsCristina Ávila and Joan García 7. Occurrence and fate of PPCPs in wastewaterTrine Eggen and Christian Vogelsang8. Atmospheric deposition of POPs: Implications for the chemical pollution of aquatic environmentsJavier Castro Jiménez, Jordi Dachs and Steven J. Eisenreich9. Electronic waste: a new source of halogenated organic contaminantsHong-Gang Ni and Eddy Y. Zeng10. Occurrence and human health risk of emerging organic contaminants in E-wasteDavid O. Carpenter11. Long-range and regional atmospheric transport of POPs and implications for global cyclingKimberly J. Hageman, Christian Bogdal, and Martin Scheringer12. Occurrence and ecological risk of halogenated flame retardants (HFRs) in coastal zonesJames C.W. Lam and Paul K.S. Lam13. Atmospheric long-range transport of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) into Polar RegionsRoland Kallenborn, Hayley Hung, and Eva Brorstrøm-Lundén 14. Bioaccumulation and biotransformation of brominated flame retardantsLiesbeth Weijs, Alin C. Dirtu, Govindan Malarvannan, and Adrian Covaci15. Bioavailability of persistent organic pollutants in soils: concept, analytical tools and application in the risk assessment, Bilqees M. Adedigba and Kirk, T. Semple16. Benzotriazoles: history, environmental distribution and potential ecological effectsMark G. Cantwell, Julia C. Sullivan, and Robert M. Burgess17. QSARs on the thyroid hormone effects of polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) derivativesFei Li, Xianhai Yang, Jingwen Chen, and Felichesmi Lyakurwa18. The toxicity of persistent organic pollutants to aquatic organismsS. Michele Harmon19. Health-based risk assessment of PBDEs, Li Chen, Lucy Li, and Yunhui Zhang
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