Obsolete pesticide storage sites and their POP release into the environment-an Armenian case study

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1944-1952

  Dvorska A ^a,b   Sir M ^c   Honzajkova Z ^c   Komprda, J ^a   Cupr P ^a   Petrlik J ^d   Anakhasyan, E ^e   Simonyan, L ^e   Kubal, M ^c  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Global Change Research Centre AS CR vvi   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d Arnika Toxics and Waste Programme   (Czech Republic)

^e Armenian Women for Health and Healthy Environment   (Armenia)

Author keywords

Armenia; Diffusivity based calculations; Emissions; Gradient sampling; Health risks; Obsolete organochlorinated pesticides; Stockholm Convention

Indexed keywords

ALDRIN; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; ENDRIN; PESTICIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DIFFUSIVITY; HEALTH RISK; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PERSISTENCE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENT POPULATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SOIL POLLUTION; STAKEHOLDER; STOCKHOLM CONVENTION; STORAGE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANIMAL; ARMENIA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; MILK; POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ALDRIN; ANIMALS; ARMENIA; CHICKENS; CHLORDAN; DDT; EGGS; ENDRIN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MILK; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

ARMENIA;

EID: 84864089090     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-0888-y     Document Type: Article

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