书目名称 | Persistent Organic Pollutants | 副标题 | Environmental Behavi | 编辑 | Stuart Harrad | 视频video | | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | .Persistent Organic Pollutants. (POPs) continue to be thesubject of concern amongst the public, as well as the scientific andpolicy-making communities. These concerns are exemplified by theinternational efforts co-ordinated by the United Nations‘ EnvironmentProgramme and the +Economic Commission for Europe. Whilst the ultimateorigin of this concern is the adverse effects of persistent organicpollutants in both humans and wildlife, there are other factorsinvolved. In particular, whilst ambient concentrations of POPs in airand water present little direct hazard via inhalation and ingestionrespectively, their propensity for transfer through the food chainmeans that species at the top of the ecological pyramid - includinghumans - can be exposed to concentrations of concern via their diet.Furthermore, their ability to undergo long-range atmospheric transportmeans that they represent a truly cross-boundary problem formankind...Persistent Organic Pollutants. focuses on the sources,atmospheric behaviour, terrestrial and aquatic food chain transfer,and human exposure and fate aspects of this important class ofchemicals. Other topical issues are addressed, namely: temporal trendsin contamina | 出版日期 | Book 2001 | 关键词 | DDT; Europe; chemistry; environment; environmental science; hazard; transport; air pollution and air qualit | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1571-5 | isbn_softcover | 978-1-4613-5620-2 | isbn_ebook | 978-1-4615-1571-5 | copyright | Kluwer Academic Publishers 2001 |
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