Preface ........................................................ ix
Acknowledgment ................................................. xi
List of participants ......................................... xiii
Part I REGULATORY ASPECTS
STOCKHOLM CONVENTION ON POPs: OBLIGATIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION .... 3
H. Fiedler
PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS (POPs) IN THE REPUBLIC OF
MOLDOVA: PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS ................................ 13
G. Duca and I. Barbarasa
STOCKHOLM CONVENTION AND CURRENT SITUATION ON POPs IN TURKEY ... 21
S. Dağli
LESSONS LEARNED AND GOOD PRACTICE IN THE PREPARATION OF THE
NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN (NIP) FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF POPs
IN THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA .................................... 31
T. Dimcheva and S. Kraptcheva
PROBLEM OF POPs MANAGEMENT IN UKRAINE: THE LACK OF
INTERDEPARTMENTAL COOPERATION AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT ........... 51
V. Kuznyetsov
PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS (POPs) MANAGEMENT IN GEORGIA ..... 65
I. Legashvili
Part II MONITORING ACTIVITIES AND CURRENT SITUATION
MONITORING OF DIOXINS AND DIOXIN-LIKE PCBs IN FOOD, FEED, AND
BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES IN GREECE ................................... 83
L. Leondiadis, D. Costopoulou, I. Vassiliadou, and
A. Papadopoulos
ENVIRONMENTAL FATE OF LEGACY CHIRAL PESTICIDES IN BACKGROUND
SOILS .......................................................... 99
P.B. Kurt-Karakus, T.F. Bidleman, L.M. Jantunen, and К.С Jones
PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS (POPs) HOT SPOTS IN RUSSIA ...... 113
B. Revich and A. Shelepchikov
PCB POLLUTION OF IZMIT BAY (MARMARA SEA) MUSSELS AFTER THE
EARTHQUAKE .................................................... 127
L. Tolun, F.T. Karakoc, B. Henkelmann, O.S. Okay, and
K.W. Schramm
INVENTORY OF UNINTENTIONAL RELEASES OF POPs IN BELARUS ........ 141
S. Kakareka and A. Malchykhina
POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBs) IN BELARUS: INVENTORY AND
PRIORITIES FOR ECOLOGICALLY SOUND MANAGEMENT .................. 151
T. Kukharchyk
THE FATE OF PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS (POPs) IN THE
ENVIRONMENT ................................................... 161
A. Cumanovą, G. Gilca, and N. Orlova
PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS (POPs): FOOD SAFETY CONTROL IN
ESTONIA ....................................................... 173
O. Roots, M. Simm, H. Kiviranta, and P. Rantakokko
Part III SOURCES, RELEASE PATHWAYS, FATE, AND TRANSPORT
ANALYZING THE GLOBAL FRACTIONATION OF PERSISTENT ORGANIC
POLLUTANTS (POPs) ............................................. 189
M. Scheringer
EFFECT OF CATASTROPHIC FLOODS ON THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
AND VERTICAL MIGRATION OF PAHs IN SOIL OF FLOODED AREAS ....... 205
I. Twardowska, K.J. Koszuta, and S. Stefaniak
SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL TRENDS OF GLOBAL, REGIONAL, AND LOCAL
POPs DISTRIBUTION ............................................. 219
I. Holoubek and J. Klánová
HALOGENATED FLAME RETARDANTS AS SOURCES FOR POPs IN THE
ENVIRONMENT ................................................... 229
M. Bahadir
DISTRIBUTION OF POPs IN AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS AND PROCESSES FOR
THEIR REMOVAL ................................................. 239
B. Koumanova
VARIATIONS OF ORGANOCHLORINE CONTAMINANTS IN ANTARCTICA ....... 251
V. Bogillo and M. Bazylevska
DIOXIN CHARACTERISATION, FORMATION, AND MINIMISATION .......... 269
M. Al-Alawi
OCCURRENCE, FATE, AND BEHAVIOR OF BROMINATED FLAME
RETARDANTS IN EBRO RIVER BASIN (SPAIN) ........................ 283
E. Eljarrat and D. Barceló
MILK CONTAMINATION FROM DIOXINS IN ITALY: SOURCE
IDENTIFICATION AND INTERVENTION STRATEGIES .................... 301
G. Diletti, R. Ceci, A. Conte, A. De Benedictis,
G. Migliorati, and G. Scortichini
PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS (POPs) AND AIR-SOIL EXCHANGE:
CASE STUDIES FOR DDTs ......................................... 315
P.B. Kurt-Karakus, T.F. Bidleman, К.С. Jones, S.N. Meijer,
and R.M. Staebler
PARTITIONING AND EXCHANGE OF ORGANOCHLORINE CONTAMINANTS
BETWEEN ABIOTIC COMPARTMENTS IN ANTARCTICA .................... 333
V. Bogillo and M. Bazylevska
Part IV REMEDIATION METHODS
REMEDIATION OF CONTAMINATED SOILS AND WATER WITH ORGANIC
CHEMICALS BY MEANS OF NATURAL, ANIONIC AND ORGANIC CLAYS ...... 355
J. Cornejo and R. Celis
THE ROLE OF NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER (HUMIC SUBSTANCES) ON
ADSORPTION OF PESTICIDES POSSESSING ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR
ACTIVITY ...................................................... 369
E. Loffredo and N. Senesi
Part V HEALTH EFFECTS
PCB-CONTAMINATBD AREAS IN KAZAKHSTAN AND ANALYSIS OF PCB
IMPACT ON HUMAN HEALTH EXPERIENCE ............................. 387
M. Ishankulov
IMPACT OF POPs ON THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA ENVIRONMENT AND
PUBLIC HEALTH ................................................. 405
N. Opopol
PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS (POPs) AT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND
THEIR IMPACT ON PEOPLE HEALTH ................................. 425
O. Kharlamov, G. Klmrlamova, N. Kirillova, and V. Fomenko
PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF SITUATION RELATED TO DIOXINS AND
FURANS RELEASES IN KAZAKHSTAN ................................. 443
M. Ishankulov
Part VI ADVANCES IN THE MEASUREMENT OF POPs
DETERMINATION OF POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS (PBDEs) AS
PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS (POPs) IN POLISH FOOD USING
SEMIPERMEABLE MEMBRANES (SPMs) ................................ 454
D. Wojtalewicz, A. Grochowalski. and M. Węgiel
Index ......................................................... 471
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