The occurrence and sources of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in agricultural soils across China with an emphasis on unintentionally produced PCBs

S Mao, S Liu, Y Zhou, Q An, X Zhou, Z Mao, Y Wu… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
In addition to being historically intentionally manufactured as commercial products,
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) can be unintentionally released as by-products from …

Past, present and future trends of selected pesticidal and industrial POPs in Kuwait

H Alshemmari - Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2022 - Springer
Given the background of current global initiatives for controlling persistent organic pollutants
(POPs), an overview of the scientific knowledge about the POPs issues in Kuwait is …

Levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in honeybees and bee products and their evaluation with ambient air concentrations

MF Sari, F Esen, Y Tasdemir - Atmospheric Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Both quantitative and qualitative evaluation of pollutants can be achieved by biomonitoring,
enabling the determination of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) with a natural substance …

Occurrence and sources of PCBs, PCNs, and HCB in the atmosphere at a regional background site in east China: Implications for combustion sources

S Mao, G Zhang, J Li, X Geng, J Wang, S Zhao… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Multiple types of persistent organic pollutants (POPs), such as polychlorinated biphenyls
(PCBs), polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs), and hexachlorobenzene (HCB), can be …

A Hitchhiker's guide to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) monitoring in air: Establishing a baseline network in Sri Lanka

P Vlahos, ER Shipley, C Rauert, P Tung… - Atmospheric Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study provides guidance on establishing new passive air monitoring capacity for
persistent organic pollutants (POPs) to address data gaps and the demands of the …

[HTML][HTML] Sewage sludge as soil amendment in arid soils-A trace metal, nutrient and trace organics perspective

S Uddin, M Zaman, K Martínez-Guijarro… - Emerging …, 2025 - Elsevier
Sewage sludge management has emerged as a critical environmental challenge due to the
large volumes generated globally. Valorization techniques, including energy production and …

Spatio-temporal variations, fugacity fractions and air-soil exchanges of PCBs in industrial, urban and semi-rural sites

G Eker Sanli, SN Erkul, Y Tasdemir - Polycyclic Aromatic …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This study investigated the spatiotemporal variations in the occurrence of polychlorinated
biphenyl (PCB) congeners both in soil and ambient air. Soil and air samples were taken …

Accumulations and temporal trends of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in olive tree components

GE Sanli, Y Tasdemir - Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2022 - Springer
In this study, ambient air samples, olive tree branches (1-and 2-year-old) and their leaves
(particulate and dissolved phase) were collected simultaneously between January and …

Determination of the gas/particle phase concentrations of PCBs in urban and rural atmosphere in Erzurum, Turkey

C Paloluoğlu, H Bayraktar - Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2022 - Springer
Active sampling was conducted for the first time in Erzurum, Turkey, between August 2012
and January 2013, in order to investigate the presence of 82 polychlorinated biphenyls …

Trends of polychlorinated compounds in the surroundings of a municipal solid waste incinerator in Mataró (Catalonia, Spain): assessing health risks

M Nadal, M Marquès, M Mari, J Rovira, JL Domingo - Toxics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Since 2008, the environmental levels of polychlorinated compounds near a municipal solid
waste incinerator in Mataró (Catalonia, Spain) have been periodically monitored. The …