The recent literature describing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in air, water, soil
and sediment, waste sludge, biomonitoring, toxicity, are reviewed. Aspects of sampling …

Since the early 1970s, experts have recognized that petroleum pollutants were being
discharged in marine waters worldwide, from oil spills, vessel operations, and land-based …

The bioavailability of chemicals to earthworms can be modified dramatically by soil
physical/chemical characteristics, yet expressing exposure as total chemical concentrations …

Earthworms can accelerate the removal of contaminants from soil. Earthworms change the
physical and chemical properties of soil by mixing it with organic material and through their …

A data set was generated aiming to predict the toxicity of PAHs to soil organisms. Toxicity
data include the effects of 16 PAHs on the survival and reproduction of the soil-dwelling …

Exposure to arsenic-contaminated drinking water is a major threat to human health. Millions
of people across the world are exposed to arsenic-contaminated drinking water with …

Polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants have been used in consumer
polymers at up to percent levels. While long viewed as biologically inaccessible therein …

Persistent organic pollutants (PAHs and PCBs) in soil samples from seven sites across the
Seine basin were analysed. Samples were taken from industrialized, urban, suburban and …

A study of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in surface soil was conducted at selected
locations in Agra (semi-arid region of India) for a span of one year in order to ascertain the …

The inception, ring-testing and standardisation of the acute earthworm toxicity test (OECD
1984), has been at catalyst for the emergence of earthworms as one of the key organisms in …