[HTML][HTML] Legacy and emerging organic contaminants in the polar regions

Z **e, P Zhang, Z Wu, S Zhang, L Wei, L Mi… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The presence of numerous emerging organic contaminants (EOCs) and remobilization of
legacy persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in polar regions have become significant …

Persistent organic pollutants in the polar regions and the Tibetan Plateau: A review of current knowledge and future prospects

X Wang, C Wang, T Zhu, P Gong, J Fu, Z Cong - Environmental Pollution, 2019 - Elsevier
Due to their low temperatures, the Arctic, Antarctic and Tibetan Plateau are known as the
three polar regions of the Earth. As the most remote regions of the globe, the occurrence of …

Influence of organic matter content and human activities on the occurrence of organic pollutants in Antarctic soils, lichens, grass, and mosses

A Cabrerizo, J Dachs, D Barceló… - Environmental Science & …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Banned pesticides such as HCB and p, p′-DDE, and other legacy and ongoing pollutants
such as PCBs and PAHs, were measured in different vegetation types and soil samples …

The influence of global climate change on the environmental fate of anthropogenic pollution released from the permafrost: Part I. Case study of Antarctica

J Potapowicz, D Szumińska, M Szopińska… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
This article presents a review of information related to the influence of potential permafrost
degradation on the environmental fate of chemical species which are released and stored …

Legacy and emerging persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in terrestrial compartments in the high Arctic: sorption and secondary sources

A Cabrerizo, DCG Muir, AO De Silva… - … science & technology, 2018 - ACS Publications
Legacy persistent organic pollutants (POPs) such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs),
organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), and emerging perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) were …

Occurrence and possible sources of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) along the Chao River, China

Y Yu, Y Li, Z Shen, Z Yang, L Mo, Y Kong, I Lou - Chemosphere, 2014 - Elsevier
To analyze the possible influence of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polychlorinated
biphenyls (PCBs) on Miyun Reservoir, 14 soil samples and 1 water sample were collected …

Study of PCBs and PBDEs in King George Island, Antarctica, using PUF passive air sampling

Y Li, D Geng, F Liu, T Wang, P Wang, Q Zhang… - Atmospheric …, 2012 - Elsevier
Polyurethane foam (PUF)-disk based passive air samplers were deployed in King George
Island, Antarctica, during the austral summer of 2009–2010, to investigate levels …

Presence of endocrine disruptors in freshwater in the northern Antarctic Peninsula region

S Esteban, L Moreno-Merino, R Matellanes… - Environmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
The increasing human presence in Antarctica and the waste it generates is causing an
impact on the environment at local and border scale. The main sources of anthropic …

Persistent organic pollutants in biotic and abiotic components of Antarctic pristine environment

L Bhardwaj, A Chauhan, A Ranjan, T **dal - Earth Systems and …, 2018 - Springer
Over the past decades, research in Antarctica has built a new understanding of Antarctica,
its past, present and future. Human activities and long-range pollutants are increasing on the …

Persistent organic pollutants in the Antarctic coastal environment and their bioaccumulation in penguins

JK Mwangi, WJ Lee, LC Wang, PJ Sung, LS Fang… - Environmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs), including polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and
dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polybrominated dibenzo-p …