Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) belong to the so-called "Dirty Dozen", a list of twelve persistent organic pollutants (POPs), which include dioxins, furans and some pesticides (e.g., aldrin, chlordane, DDT). The list was compiled in 2001 in the framework of the Stockholm Convention, whose aim was to protect human health and the environment by banning the production and reducing the release of some of the most hazardous chemicals known to humankind. Contamination with PCBs is not only of great concern to industrialized countries. It has also been demonstrated that a continuous deposition/evaporation process favors combined atmospheric and ocean-borne long-range transport to areas far from known PCB sources.
Potential for Microbial Biodegradation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Polar Environments
Lo Giudice Angelina;
2010
Abstract
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) belong to the so-called "Dirty Dozen", a list of twelve persistent organic pollutants (POPs), which include dioxins, furans and some pesticides (e.g., aldrin, chlordane, DDT). The list was compiled in 2001 in the framework of the Stockholm Convention, whose aim was to protect human health and the environment by banning the production and reducing the release of some of the most hazardous chemicals known to humankind. Contamination with PCBs is not only of great concern to industrialized countries. It has also been demonstrated that a continuous deposition/evaporation process favors combined atmospheric and ocean-borne long-range transport to areas far from known PCB sources.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
