What are POPs?
Effects on humans
Marine Environment:

  • Sources of POPs
  • Fate of POPs

    • History
    POPs Chemicals:
  • Aldrin and Dieldrin
  • Endrin
  • Chlordane
  • DDT
  • Heptachlor
  • Hexachlorobenzene
  • Mirex
  • Toxaphene
  • PCBs
  • Dioxins and Furans

    • Analytical Methods

    Monitoring and Assessment
    Policy
    Planning
    Regulatory framework
    Implementation and Enforcement:

  • Management:
  • Regulations and Procedures
  • Operational Measures:
  • Best Management Practices

  • Alternatives

  • Best Agriculture Practices

  • Best Industrial Practices
  • Case Studies

    • Funding
    Capacity Building

    Regional Seas
    Bibliography:

  • General
  • Specialized
    Glossary
    		•
    General Bibliography
    Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic Chemicals I, fate and exposure. Lipnick, R.L., Hermens, J.L.M., Jones, K.C. and Muir, D.C.G. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 2000.
    Aquatic Pollution. Laws, E.A. Wiley, New York 1993.
    Environmental Chemistry. Baird, C. Second Edition. Wiley, New York, 1998.
    Marine Pollution. Clark, R. B., Fourth Edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1997.
    Persistent organic pollutants and human health. Wfpha, World Federation of Public Health Associations. Washington, 2000.
    The handbook of environmental chemistry Vol. 3 Part K. New Types of Persisen Halogenated Compounds. Paasivirta. Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg 2000
    Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic Chemicals II, Assessment and new chemicals. Lipnick, R.L., Jansson, B., Mackay, D. and Petreas, M. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 2000.
    Ecotoxicology. Schuurmann, G., Markert, B.A. Wiley, New York, 1998.
    Global Environment Outlook 2000. UNEP Earthscan, London, 2000.
    Alternatives to Persistent Organic Pollutants. Swedish National Chemicals Inspectorate and Swedish Environmental Protection Agency. PrintGraf, Stockholm, 1996.
    Long Range Transport of Pesticides. Kurtz, D.A. Lewis Publisher, Chelsea, 1990.
    Toxicological Profile for Polychlorinated biphenyls (update). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Atlanta, Georgia, 2000.
    Chemicals Control. Lonngren, R. National Chemicals Inspectorate, Stockholm, 1992.
    Inventory of Information Sources on Chemicals. Persistent Organic Pollutants. UNEP Chemicals, Geneva, 1999. (pdf file)
    GEF: Regionally Based Assessment of Persistent Toxic Substances. Bibliography for a Selected Number of Persistent Toxic Substances. UNEP Chemicals, 2000.
    Documents Relevant to POPs (htm file)
    Scientific Articles
    K.C. Jones, P. de Voogt. Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs): state of the science. (1999) Environmental Pollution 100, 209-221.
    Skei, j., Larsson, P., Rosemberg, R., Jonsson, P., Olson, M., Broman, D. Eutrophication and contaminants in aquatic ecosystems. (2000) Ambio Vol.29.
    Larsson, P., Andersson, A., Bromam, D., Nordback, J., Lundberg, E. Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the pelagic systems. (2000) Ambio Vol.29.

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