Environmental and Analytical Update

Organic Pollutants Ten Years After the Stockholm Convention - Environmental and Analytical Update

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.

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• Chapter 1  The Inputs of POPs into Soils by Sewage Sludge and Dredged Sediments Applicationby Radim Vácha
• Chapter 2  Textile Finishing Industry as an Important Source of Organic Pollutantsby Alenka Majcen Le Marechal, Boštjan Križanec, Simona Vajnhandl and Julija Volmajer Valh
• Chapter 3  Textile Organic Dyes – Characteristics, Polluting Effects and Separation/Elimination Procedures from Industrial Effluents – A Critical Overviewby Zaharia Carmen and Suteu Daniela
• Chapter 4  Bioavailability of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Studied Through Single-Species Ecotoxicity Tests and Laboratory Microcosm Assaysby Bernard Clément
• Chapter 5  Exposure Assessment to Persistent Organic Pollutants in Wildlife: The Case Study of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexicoby Guillermo Espinosa-Reyes, Donaji J. González-Mille, César A. Ilizaliturri-Hernández, Fernando Díaz-Barríga Martínez and Jesús Mejía-Saavedra
• Chapter 6  Depositional History of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Reconstruction of Petroleum Pollution Record in Peninsular Malaysiaby Mahyar Sakari
• Chapter 7  The Mass Distribution of Particle-Bound PAH Among Aerosol Fractions: A Case-Study of an Urban Area in Polandby Wioletta Rogula-Kozłowska, Barbara Kozielska, Barbara Błaszczak and Krzysztof Klejnowski
• Chapter 8  Global Distillation in an Era of Climate Changeby Ross Sadler and Des Connell
• Chapter 9  Rapid Detection and Recognition of Organic Pollutants at Trace Levels by Surface-Enhanced Raman Scatteringby Zhengjun Zhang, Qin Zhou and Xian Zhang
• Chapter 10  Fenton´s Process for the Treatment of Mixed Waste Chemicalsby Cláudia Telles Benatti and Célia Regina Granhen Tavares
• Chapter 11  Fundamental Mechanistic Studies of the Photo-Fenton Reaction for the Degradation of Organic Pollutantsby Amilcar Machulek Jr., Frank H. Quina, Fabio Gozzi, Volnir O. Silva, Leidi C. Friedrich and José E. F. Moraes
• Chapter 12  Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Pollutants: Mechanisms and Kineticsby Malik Mohibbul Haque, Detlef Bahnemann and Mohammad Muneer
• Chapter 13  Study on Sono-Photocatalytic Degradation of POPs: A Case Study Hydrating Polyacrylamide in Wastewaterby Fanxiu Li
• Chapter 14  Chemical Degradation of Chlorinated Organic Pollutants for In Situ Remediation and Evaluation of Natural Attenuationby Junko Hara
• Chapter 15  Electrochemical Incineration of Organic Pollutants for Wastewater Treatment: Past, Present and Prospectby Songsak Klamklang, Hugues Vergnes, Kejvalee Pruksathorn and Somsak Damronglerd
• Chapter 16  Research on Pressure Swing Adsorption of Resin for Treating Gas Containing Tolueneby Ruixia Wei and Shuguo Zhao
• Chapter 17  Vapor Phase Hydrogen Peroxide – Method for Decontamination of Surfaces and Working Areas from Organic Pollutantsby Petr Kačer, Jiří Švrček, Kamila Syslová, Jiří Václavík, Dušan Pavlík, Jaroslav Červený and Marek Kuzma
• Chapter 18  Organic Pollutants Treatment from Air Using Electron Beam Generated Nonthermal Plasma – Overviewby Yongxia Sun and A. G. Chmielewski
• Chapter 19  Alternative Treatment of Recalcitrant Organic Contaminants by a Combination of Biosorption, Biological Oxidation and Advanced Oxidation Technologiesby Roberto Candal, Marta Litter, Lucas Guz, Elsa López Loveira, Alejandro Senn and Gustavo Curutchet