| Title: |
Has the Burden and Distribution of PCBs and PBDEs Changed in European Background Soils between 1998 and 2008? Implications for Sources and Processes.
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| Resource Type: |
document --> technical publication --> journal article
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| Country: |
Norway
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| Year: |
2012 |
| Availability: |
Environ. Sci. Technol., 2011, 45 (17), pp 7291–7297 DOI: 10.1021/es200961p
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| Author 1/Producer: |
Schuster, J.K.
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| Other Authors/Producers: |
Rosalinda Gioia, Claudia Moeckel, Tripti Agarwal, Thomas D. Bucheli, Knut Breivik, Eiliv Steinnes, and Kevin C. Jones
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| Author / Producer Type: |
University research group / research institute
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EUGRIS Keyword(s): |
Contaminated land-->Contaminants-->Others
Diffuse pollution-->Contaminants-->Persistent Organic Pollutants
Soil-->Soil quality
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| Short description: |
Overall concentrations of some persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in soil have declined, according to research conducted in Norway and the UK. The researchers suggest that there has been a reduced influence of primary sources of some POPs on soils for these two countries in recent years.
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Submitted By:
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Professor Paul Bardos WhoDoesWhat?
Last update: 16/01/2012
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