Over recent years, many environmental pollutant chemicals have been shown to possess
the ability to interfere in the functioning of the endocrine system and have been termed …

During passive air sampling, the amount of a chemical taken up in a sorbent from the air
without the help of a pump is quantified and converted into an air concentration. In an …

I am often reminded of the famous saying of Goethe:“Vedi Napoli e poi muori!-See Naples
and die!”. Sadly, Naples is now confronted with a number of serious, ongoing problems with …

The past 50years have seen rapid development of new building materials, furnishings, and
consumer products and a corresponding explosion in new chemicals in the built …

Pollution from vehicle tires has received world-wide research attention due to its ubiquity
and toxicity. In this study, we measured various tire-derived contaminants semi-quantitatively …

Passive air samplers were deployed to collect both gas and particulate phase polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons in Taiyuan between 2009 and 2010. Annual average concentrations …

The Global Atmospheric Passive Sampling (GAPS) study aims to demonstrate the feasibility
of using passive samplers to assess the spatial distribution of persistent organic pollutants …

Because of the similarities in European and North American dietary exposure, it has been
suggested that the order of magnitude higher body burdens in North Americans may be due …

Results are reported from a field calibration of the polyurethane foam (PUF) disk passive air
sampler for measuring polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) in the atmosphere of the …

Passive air samples were collected at eight sites in Bursa, Turkey during five sampling
periods between February–December 2014. Locations encompassed urban, suburban …