PMID- 17698265
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20080403
LR  - 20121115
IS  - 0269-7491 (Print)
IS  - 0269-7491 (Linking)
VI  - 150
IP  - 1
DP  - 2007 Nov
TI  - Global fate of POPs: current and future research directions.
PG  - 150-65
AB  - For legacy and emerging persistent organic pollutants (POPs), surprisingly little 
      is still known in quantitative terms about their global sources and emissions. 
      Atmospheric transport has been identified as the key global dispersal mechanism 
      for most legacy POPs. In contrast, transport by ocean currents may prove to be 
      the main transport route for many polar, emerging POPs. This is linked to the 
      POPs' intrinsic physico-chemical properties, as exemplified by the different fate 
      of hexachlorocyclohexanes in the Arctic. Similarly, our current understanding of 
      POPs' global transport and fate remains sketchy. The importance of organic carbon 
      and global temperature differences have been accepted as key drivers of POPs' 
      global distribution. However, future research will need to understand the various 
      biogeochemical and geophysical cycles under anthropogenic pressures to be able to 
      understand and predict the global fate of POPs accurately.
FAU - Lohmann, Rainer
AU  - Lohmann R
AD  - Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI 
      02882-1197, USA. lohmann@gso.uri.edu
FAU - Breivik, Knut
AU  - Breivik K
FAU - Dachs, Jordi
AU  - Dachs J
FAU - Muir, Derek
AU  - Muir D
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
DEP - 20070815
PL  - England
TA  - Environ Pollut
JT  - Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)
JID - 8804476
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Organic Chemicals)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
SB  - IM
MH  - Environmental Exposure/analysis
MH  - Environmental Monitoring/methods
MH  - Environmental Pollutants/*analysis
MH  - Models, Chemical
MH  - Organic Chemicals/*analysis/chemistry
MH  - Research/trends
MH  - Research Design
MH  - Water Pollutants, Chemical/analysis
RF  - 176
EDAT- 2007/08/19 09:00
MHDA- 2008/04/04 09:00
CRDT- 2007/08/19 09:00
PHST- 2007/03/30 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2007/06/05 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2007/06/08 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2007/08/19 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/04/04 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/08/19 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0269-7491(07)00302-8 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.06.051 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Pollut. 2007 Nov;150(1):150-65. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.06.051. Epub 
      2007 Aug 15.