Preface ........................................................ ix
Acknowledgments ................................................ xi
Editors ...................................................... xiii
Contributors ................................................... xv
PART I Classical and Emerging Persistent Organic Chemicals:
Perspectives
Chapter 1 Global Contamination Trends of Persistent Organic
Chemicals: An Overview ............................... 3
Bommanna G. Loganathan
Chapter 2 Spatial and Temporal Trends of Polybrominated
Diphenyl Ethers ..................................... 33
Ying Guo, Susan D. Shaw, and Kurunthachalam Kannan
Chapter 3 Temporal Trends of Perfluorinated Compounds from
Various Environmental Matrices ...................... 73
Yasuyuki Zushi and Shigeki Masunaga
Chapter 4 Synthetic Musks and Benzotriazole UV Stabilizers
in Marine Ecosystems ................................ 87
Haruhiko Nakata, Ryu-ichi Shinohara, Sayaka
Murata, and Hiroshi Sasaki
Chapter 5 Global Environmental Distribution and Human Health
Effects of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons ......... 97
Aramandla Ramesh, Anthony E. Archibong, Darryl
B. Hood, Zhongmao Guo, and Bommanna G. Loganathan
PART II Persistent Organic Chemicals in the Asia-Pacific Region
Chapter 6 Organohalogen Contamination Profiles and Trends
in Australia ....................................... 129
Munro R. Mortimer, Leisa-Маrее Leontjew Toms, and
Jochen F. Mueller
Chapter 7 Environmental Contamination Status of
Polychlorinated Biphenyls in China ................. 163
Ying Xing, Yonglong Lu, and Wenbin Liu
Chapter 8 Organochlorine Pesticides, Polychlorinated
Biphenyls, and Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in
the Indian Atmosphere .............................. 179
Paromita Chakraborty and Gan Zhang
Chapter 9 Historical Trends of Dioxin Sources and
Contamination in Japan ............................. 203
Shigeki Masunaga
Chapter 10 Polychlorinated Naphthalenes: Use and
Contamination Trends in Japan and China ............ 215
Sachi Taniyasu, Yuichi Horii, Nobuyasu Hanari,
Nobuyoshi Yamashita, Jing Pan, Yongliang Yang,
and Bommanna G. Loganathan
Chapter 11 Sources, Distributions, and Temporal Trends of
Nonylphenols in South Korea ........................ 259
Seongjin Hong and Kyung-Hoon Shin
Chapter 12 Spatial and Temporal Trends of Persistent Organic
Chemicals in Vietnam Soils ......................... 279
Masahide Kawano and Vu Duc Thao
PART III Persistent Organic Chemicals in Europe and Africa
Chapter 13 Contamination Profiles and Possible Trends of
Organohalogen Compounds in the Estonian
Environment and Biota .............................. 307
Ott Roots, Vladimir Zitko, Kurunthachalam Senthil
Kumar, Kenneth Sajwan, and Bommanna G. Loganathan
Chapter 14 Chlorinated Hydrocarbons in Animal Tissues and
Products of Animal Origin from Poland .............. 337
Alicja Niewiadowska and Jan Zmudzki
Chapter 15 Temporal Trends of Organohalogen Compounds in
Mother's Milk from Sweden .......................... 355
Anders Glynn, Sanna Lignell, Marie Aune, Per Ola
Darnerud, and Anna Törnkvist
Chapter 16 Temporal Trends of POPs in Human Milk from Italy ... 381
Annalisa Abballe, Anna Maria Ingelido, and Elena
De Felip
Chapter 17 Contamination Status of Organochlorine
Pesticides in Ghana ................................ 393
William J. Ntow and Benjamin O. Botwe
PART IV Persistent Organic Chemicals in the Americas
Chapter 18 Contamination Profiles and Possible Trends of
Persistent Organic Compounds in the Brazilian
Aquatic Environment ................................ 415
Gilberto Fillmann and Juliana Leonel
Chapter 19 Contamination Profiles and Temporal Trends of
Persistent Organic Pollutants in Oysters from the
Gulf of Mexico ..................................... 431
Jose L. Sericano and Terry L. Wade
Chapter 20 Using Sediment Cores to Assess Inputs of
Organochlorines and Polycyclic Aromatic
Hydrocarbons in Coastal Georgia Estuaries .......... 469
Clark R. Alexander, Allen D. Uhler, and Richard
F. Lee
Chapter 21 Temporal Trends of Selected Chlorinated
Hydrocarbon Pollutants in Sediments of Kentucky
Lake ............................................... 481
Baki B. Sadi and Bommanna G. Loganathan
PART V Persistent Organic Chemicals in the Coastal, Oceanic,
Arctic, and Antarctic Regions
Chapter 22 Temporal Trends of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers
and Hexabromocyclododecanes in Marine Mammals
with Special Reference to Hong Kong, South China ... 497
Ling Jin, James C.W. Lam, Margaret B. Murphy, and
Paul K.S. Lam
Chapter 23 Status and Trends of POPs in Harbor Seals from
the Northwest Atlantic ............................. 515
Susan D. Shaw, Michelle L. Berger, and
Kurunthachalam Kannan
Chapter 24 Organohalogen Pollutants in Seabird Eggs from
Northern Norway and Svalbard ....................... 547
Lisa Bjørnsdatter Helgason, Kjetil Sagerup, and
Geir Wing Gabrielsen
Chapter 25 Contamination Profile and Temporal Trend of POPs
in Antarctic Biota ................................. 571
Simonetta Corsolini
Chapter 26 Global Distribution of PFOS and Related Chemicals .. 593
Nobuyoshi Yamashita, Leo W.Y. Yeung, Sachi
Taniyasu, Karen Y. Kwok, Gert Petrick, Toshitaka
Gamo, Keerthi S. Guruge, Paul K.S. Lam, and
Bommanna G. Loganathan
Index ......................................................... 629
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