PMID- 16569918 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20060811 LR - 20131121 IS - 0021-2571 (Print) IS - 0021-2571 (Linking) VI - 41 IP - 4 DP - 2005 TI - Selected persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the Italian environment. PG - 487-92 AB - The ratification of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants is a departure point for several considerations on their presence in environmental matrices. In this paper, the Italian situation is presented with emphasis on the most toxic compounds--chemicals with dioxin-like toxic action, and the activity in the area of interest of the Istituto Superiore di Sanita. Biotic, as well as abiotic matrices have been taken in consideration and, where possible, a comparation between their contamination levels with the levels reported on similar matrices by other European countries has been reported. FAU - Miniero, Roberto AU - Miniero R AD - Dipartimento di Ambiente e Connessa Prevenzione Primaria, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy. roberto.miniero@iss.it FAU - De Felip, Elena AU - De Felip E FAU - Magliuolo, Mariella AU - Magliuolo M FAU - Ferri, Fabiola AU - Ferri F FAU - Di Domenico, Alessandro AU - Di Domenico A LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Italy TA - Ann Ist Super Sanita JT - Annali dell'Istituto superiore di sanita JID - 7502520 RN - 0 (Dioxins) RN - 0 (Environmental Pollutants) RN - 0 (Organic Chemicals) RN - 0 (Polycyclic Compounds) RN - 0 (Soil Pollutants) RN - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical) RN - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls) SB - IM MH - Adipose Tissue/chemistry MH - Animals MH - Bivalvia/chemistry MH - Body Burden MH - Dioxins/analysis MH - Dolphins/metabolism MH - Environmental Pollutants/*analysis MH - Europe MH - Fishes/metabolism MH - Fresh Water/analysis MH - Geologic Sediments/chemistry MH - Italy MH - Muscles/chemistry MH - Organic Chemicals/*analysis/classification MH - Polychlorinated Biphenyls/analysis MH - Polycyclic Compounds/analysis MH - Seawater/analysis MH - Sharks/metabolism MH - Soil Pollutants/analysis MH - Water Pollutants, Chemical/analysis EDAT- 2006/03/30 09:00 MHDA- 2006/08/12 09:00 CRDT- 2006/03/30 09:00 PHST- 2006/03/30 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2006/08/12 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2006/03/30 09:00 [entrez] PST - ppublish SO - Ann Ist Super Sanita. 2005;41(4):487-92.