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Título: | Persistent organic chemicals of emerging environmental concern |
Autor(es): | Pereira, Luciana |
Palavras-chave: | Persistent organic compounds Pesticides Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons Environmental and health impact Bioremediation |
Data: | 2014 |
Editora: | Springer Verlag |
Citação: | Pereira, Luciana, Persistent organic chemicals of emerging environmental concern. In Malik Abdul, Grohmann Elisabeth, Akhtar Rais, Environmental Deterioration and Human Health: Natural and Anthropogenic Determinants, Springer, 2014. ISBN: 978-94-007-7889-4, 163-213 |
Resumo(s): | The use of chemicals and chemical derivatives in agriculture and industry has contributed to their accumulation and persistence in the environment. Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are among the environmental pollutants of most concern since, when improperly handled and disposed, they can persist in the environment, bioaccumulate through the food web, and may create serious public health and environmental problems. Development of an effective degradation process has become an area of intense research. The physical/chemical methods employed, such as volatilization, evaporation, photooxidation, adsorption, or hydrolysis, are not always effective, are very expensive, and, sometimes, lead to generation/disposal of other contaminants. Biodegradation is one of the major mechanisms by which organic contaminants are transformed, immobilized, or mineralized in the environment. A clear understanding of the major processes that affect the interactions between organic contaminants, microorganisms, and environmental matrix is, thus, important for determining persistence of the compounds, for predicting in situ transformation rates, and for developing site remediation. Information on their risks and impact and occurrence in the different environmental matrices is also important, in order to attenuate their impact and apply the appropriate remediation process. This chapter provides information on the fate of pesticides and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), their impact, bioavailability, and biodegradation. © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014. |
Tipo: | Capítulo de livro |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/1822/41486 |
ISBN: | 978-94-007-7889-4 |
DOI: | 10.1007/978-94-007-7890-0_8 |
Versão da editora: | http://www.springer.com/environment/environmental+health+-+public+health/book/978-94-007-7889-4 |
Arbitragem científica: | yes |
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