List of Contributors .......................................... vii
Introduction to the Book Series .............................. xiii
Preface ........................................................ xv
Part I: East Asia—Japan, China, and Korea
1. Persistent Organic Pollutants Monitoring Activites
in Japan .................................................... 3
2. Emission, Contamination and Exposure, Fate and Transport,
and National Management Strategy of Persistent Organic
Pollutants in South Korea .................................. 31
3. Organic Pesticides in China ............................... 159
4. Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins, Dibenzofurans, and
Biphenyls, and Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in China .... 213
5. Pollution of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in China .... 237
6. Sources and Occurrence of Persistent Organic Pollutants
in the Pearl River Delta, South China ..................... 289
7. Persistent Organic Pollutants in Hong Kong ................ 313
8. Persistent Organic Pollutants in Waterbirds with Special
Reference to Hong Kong and Mainland China ................. 375
Part II: Southeast Asia—from India to Vietnam
9. Persistent Toxic Substances in India ...................... 433
10. Persistent Toxic Substances in Thailand ................... 487
11. Persistent Organic Pollutants in Vietnam: Levels,
Patterns, Trends, and Human Health Implications ........... 515
Part III: The Pacific Countries
12. Persistent Toxic Substances in the Philippine
Environment ............................................... 559
13. Persistent Toxic Substances in the Environment of
Indonesia ................................................. 587
14. Persistent Organic Pollutants in Malaysia ................. 629
15. Persistent Organic Pollutants in Singapore's Marine
Environment ............................................... 657
16. Persistent Organic Pollutants and Adverse Health Effects
in Humans in Singapore .................................... 721
17. Persistent Organic Pollutants: Occurrence and Health
Risks in Australia ........................................ 753
Part IV: Regional Perspective
18. Contamination by Persistent Toxic Substances in the
Asia-Pacific Region ....................................... 773
Index ......................................................... 819
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