Evidence is accumulating that sorption of organic chemicals to soils and sediments can be
described by “dual-mode sorption”: absorption in amorphous organic matter (AOM) and …

We review the state of the art in using passive sampling technology for environmental
monitoring of waterborne organic and inorganic pollutants. We discuss strategies for …

Biochar soil amendment is advocated to mitigate climate change and improve soil fertility. A
concern though, is that during biochar preparation PAHs and dioxins are likely formed …

Research during the last decade has led to several competing concepts of bioavailability
and to many more methods to measure bioavailability. One reason for disagreement is the …

From the viewpoint of protecting the natural environment, aquatic ecotoxicological
assessment of new pesticides and many existing ones has increasingly become more …

Until now, water quality monitoring has relied heavily on spot sampling followed by
instrumental analytical measurements to determine pollutant concentrations. Despite a …

We reviewed compliance monitoring requirements in the European Union, the United
States, and the Oslo-Paris Convention for the protection of the marine environment of the …

1.1 Background Since sediments are the ultimate repository of most of the contaminants that
enter Australia s waterways, it is appropriate that regulatory attention address the ecological …

Passive sampling is based on the phenomenon of mass transport due to the difference
between chemical potentials of analytes in a given environmental compartment and the …

Passive sampling methods (PSMs) allow the quantification of the freely dissolved
concentration (C free) of an organic contaminant even in complex matrices such as …