PMID- 11505898
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20010830
LR  - 20191105
IS  - 0944-1344 (Print)
IS  - 0944-1344 (Linking)
VI  - 8
IP  - 3
DP  - 2001
TI  - The spatial scale of organic chemicals in multimedia fate modeling. Recent 
      developments and significance for chemical assessment.
PG  - 150-5
AB  - In the last years, the spatial range (SR) or characteristic travel distance (CTD) 
      of organic chemicals has found increasing scientific interest as an indicator of 
      the long-range transport (LRT) potential and, in combination with persistence, as 
      a kind of 'hazard' indicator on the exposure level. This development coincides 
      with European debates about more effective and more preventive approaches to the 
      chemicals assessment, and about an international, legally-binding instrument for 
      the phase out of persistent organic pollutants (POPs). Persistence and LRT 
      potential are important issues in these debates. Here, the development of the 
      concept of assessing the spatial scale from early ideas in the 1970s and 1980s to 
      recent studies in the field of multimedia fate and transport modeling is 
      summarized. Different approaches to the modeling of environmental transport 
      (advective and dispersive) and different methods for quantifying the SR or CTD 
      are compared. Relationships between SR or CTD and different persistence measures 
      are analyzed. Comparison of these relationships shows that conclusions for 
      chemical assessment should be based on an evaluation of different persistence and 
      spatial scale measures. The use of SR or CTD and persistence as hazard indicators 
      in the chemicals assessment is illustrated.
FAU - Scheringer, M
AU  - Scheringer M
AD  - Safety and Environmental Technology Group, Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, 
      Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Honggerberg, CH-8093 Zurich, 
      Switzerland. scheringer@tech.chem.ethz.ch
FAU - Hungerbuhler, K
AU  - Hungerbuhler K
FAU - Matthies, M
AU  - Matthies M
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
PL  - Germany
TA  - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
JT  - Environmental science and pollution research international
JID - 9441769
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Organic Chemicals)
SB  - IM
MH  - Air Movements
MH  - Environmental Exposure
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Environmental Pollutants/*analysis
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Models, Theoretical
MH  - Organic Chemicals/*analysis
MH  - Public Health
MH  - Water Movements
RF  - 32
EDAT- 2001/08/17 10:00
MHDA- 2001/08/31 10:01
CRDT- 2001/08/17 10:00
PHST- 2001/08/17 10:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2001/08/31 10:01 [medline]
PHST- 2001/08/17 10:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1007/BF02987378 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2001;8(3):150-5. doi: 10.1007/BF02987378.