PMID- 15093119 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20040505 LR - 20190901 IS - 0269-7491 (Print) IS - 0269-7491 (Linking) VI - 100 IP - 1-3 DP - 1999 TI - Persistent organic pollutants (POPs): state of the science. PG - 209-21 AB - The environmental chemistry and ecotoxicology of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are fascinating areas of scientific research. Our objective in this paper is to provide a brief, focussed overview of what constitutes a POP, highlight the harmful effects they may have on biota, make some comments on their environmental sources and analysis, their environmental trends and processes, their movement through foodchains and highlight some important regional-and global-scale environmental transport issues. Finally, we offer some personal thoughts on some current and future areas of scientific enquiry on POPs. FAU - Jones, K C AU - Jones KC AD - Environmental Science Department, Institute of Environmental and Natural Sciences, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YQ, UK. k.c.jones@lancaster.ac.uk FAU - de Voogt, P AU - de Voogt P LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - England TA - Environ Pollut JT - Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) JID - 8804476 EDAT- 2004/04/20 05:00 MHDA- 2004/04/20 05:01 CRDT- 2004/04/20 05:00 PHST- 1998/11/15 00:00 [received] PHST- 1999/03/22 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2004/04/20 05:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2004/04/20 05:01 [medline] PHST- 2004/04/20 05:00 [entrez] AID - S0269749199000986 [pii] AID - 10.1016/s0269-7491(99)00098-6 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Environ Pollut. 1999;100(1-3):209-21. doi: 10.1016/s0269-7491(99)00098-6.