A review of new and current-use contaminants in the Arctic environment: Evidence of long-range transport and indications of bioaccumulation

Chemosphere

Volumn 111, Issue , 2014, Pages 379-395

  Vorkamp, Katrin ^a   Rigét, Frank F ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Atmospheric transport; Biomagnification; Biota; Current use pesticides; Flame retardants; Persistent organic pollutants

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; ETHANE; ETHERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATION; INSECTICIDES; NAPHTHALENE; POLLUTION DETECTION; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOMAGNIFICATION; BIOTA; CURRENT-USE PESTICIDES; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP);

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

1,2 BIS(2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENOXY) ETHANE; 2 ETHYLHEXYL 2,3,4,5 TETRABROMOBENZOATE; 2,3 BIBROMOPROPYL 2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENYL ETHER; BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL)TETRABROMOPHTHALATE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHANE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; FLAME RETARDANT; FUNGICIDE; HALIDE; HERBICIDE; HEXABROMOBENZENE; HEXACHLOROBUTADIENE; INSECTICIDE; MUSK; OCTACHLOROSTYRENE; PENTABROMOETHYLBENZENE; PENTACHLOROBENZENE; PESTICIDE; PHTHALIC ACID ESTER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED NAPHTHALENE; SILOXANE; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTA; LITERATURE REVIEW; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ARCTIC; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; REVIEW;

ARCTIC;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOMAGNIFICATION; BIOTA; CURRENT-USE PESTICIDES; FLAME RETARDANTS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ARCTIC REGIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; PESTICIDES; SILOXANES;

EID: 84903597260     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.04.019     Document Type: Review

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