Browsing NILU Brage by Author "Borgen, Anders"

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    • Analyses of selected organic contaminants and metals in coffee cups. Technical report. 

      Rostkowski, Pawel Marian; Uggerud, Hilde Thelle; Harju, Mikael; Nikiforov, Vladimir; Borgen, Anders; Kringstad, Alfhild; Bjørklund, Morten; Thomassen, Silje Eltvik; Vadset, Marit; Ghebremeskel, Mebrat; Eikenes, Heidi; Reid, Malcolm James (NILU rapport; 24/2018, Research report, 2018)
      On behalf of Norwegian Consumer Council, NILU has conducted analyses of organic contaminants and metals in the leachate from selected coffee-cups. The simulation of the leakage is conducted based on a compilation of the ...

    • Analyses of selected organic contaminants and metals in drinking bottles. Technical report. 

      Rostkowski, Pawel Marian; Uggerud, Hilde Thelle; Harju, Mikael; Nikiforov, Vladimir; Borgen, Anders; Kringstad, Alfhild; Bjørklund, Morten; Thomassen, Silje; Vadset, Marit; Ghebremeskel, Mebrat; Eikenes, Heidi; Reid, Malcolm James (NILU rapport;22/2018, Research report, 2018)
      On behalf of Norwegian Consumer Council NILU has conducted analyses of organic contaminants and metals in the leachate from selected drinking bottles. The simulation of the leakage is conducted based on a compilation of ...

    • Assessment of additives used in plastic in seabirds 

      Herzke, Dorte; Rostkowski, Pawel Marian; Harju, Mikael; Borgen, Anders; Christensen-Dalsgaard, Signe (NILU report;1/2019, Research report, 2019)
      Liver samples from 10 herring gulls (Larus argentatus) were investigated for a broad range of chemicals used as additives in plastic products. The aim of this study was to clarify if the ingestion of plastic by seabirds ...

    • Chlorinated paraffins and dechloranes in free-range chicken eggs and soil around waste disposal sites in Tanzania 

      Haarr, Ane; Nipen, Maja; Mwakalapa, Eliezer Brown; Borgen, Anders; Mmochi, Aviti J.; Borgå, Katrine (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Electronic waste is a source of both legacy and emerging flame retardants to the environment, especially in regions where sufficient waste handling systems are lacking. In the present study, we quantified the occurrence ...

    • Chlorinated paraffins and dechloranes in free-range chicken eggs and soil around waste disposal sites in Tanzania 

      Haarr, Ane; Nipen, Maja; Mwakalapa, Eliezer Brown; Borgen, Anders; Mmochi, Aviti J.; Borgå, Katrine (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Electronic waste is a source of both legacy and emerging flame retardants to the environment, especially in regions where sufficient waste handling systems are lacking. In the present study, we quantified the occurrence ...

    • Environmental pollutants in the terrestrial and urban environment 2022 

      Heimstad, Eldbjørg Sofie; Moe, Børge; Borgen, Anders; Enge, Ellen Katrin; Nordang, Unni Mette; Bæk, Kine; Nipen, Maja; Harju, Mikael; Hanssen, Linda (NILU report;23/2023, Research report, 2023)
      Samples of soil, earthworm, fieldfare egg, brown rat liver, spanish slug, house dust and cat liver from the urban terrestrial environment in the Oslo area were analysed for several different groups of environmental pollutants. ...

    • Evaluating the Environmental Fate of Short-Chain Chlorinated Paraffins (SCCPs) in the Nordic Environment Using a Dynamic Multimedia Model 

      Krogseth, Ingjerd Sunde; Breivik, Knut; Arnot, Jon A; Wania, Frank; Borgen, Anders; Schlabach, Martin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      Short chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) raise concerns due to their potential for persistence, bioaccumulation, long-range transport and adverse effects. An understanding of their environmental fate remains limited, ...

    • High concentrations of organic contaminants in air from ship breaking activities in Chittagong, Bangladesh 

      Nøst, Therese Haugdahl; Halse, Anne Karine; Randall, Scott; Borgen, Anders; Schlabach, Martin; Paul, Alak; Rahman, Atiqur; Breivik, Knut (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)

    • Homologue group profiles of ΣPCAs C14-17 in environmental samples from Norwegian monitoring programmes 

      Nipen, Maja; Borgen, Anders (NILU report;9/2024, Research report, 2024)
      Recently, chlorinated paraffins with carbon chain lengths in the range C14–17 and chlorination levels at or exceeding 45 per cent chlorine by weight have been proposed for listing under the Stockholm Convention. To aid the ...

    • Increasing Trends of Legacy and Emerging Organic Contaminants in a Dated Sediment Core From East-Africa 

      Nipen, Maja; Vogt, Rolf David; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Borgå, Katrine; Mwakalapa, Eliezer Brown; Borgen, Anders; Schlabach, Martin; Christensen, Guttorm N; Mmochi, Aviti John; Breivik, Knut (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Temporal trends of industrial organic contaminants can show how environmental burdens respond to changes in production, regulation, and other anthropogenic and environmental factors. Numerous studies have documented such ...

    • Kartlegging av bromerte flammehemmere og klorerte parafiner. 

      Schlabach, Martin; Mariussen, Espen; Borgen, Anders; Dye, Christian; Enge, Ellen Katrin; Steinnes, Eiliv; Green, Norman; Mohn, Henning (NILU OR;62/2002, Research report, 2002)
      NILU har på oppdrag fra SFT gjennomført en screening-undersøkelse av de mest relevante bromerte flammehemmere (BFR) og klorerte parafiner (CP) fra utvalgte deler av det norske miljøet. Det ble fokusert påutlekking fra ...

    • Screening of PFAS and Dechlorane compounds in selected Arctic top predators 

      Schlabach, Martin; Gabrielsen, Geir Wing; Herzke, Dorte; Hanssen, Linda; Routti, Heli; Borgen, Anders (NILU report; 40/2017, Research report, 2017)
      This report summarizes the findings of a screening study into the occurrence of selected perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) and dechloranes in Arctic top predators. The emerging PFCs F53 F53B, and PFBS were not detected neither ...

    • Screening programme 2014: Phosphites, selected PBT substances and non-target screening 

      Thomas, Kevin; Schlabach, Martin; Langford, Katherine; Reid, Malcolm; Fjeld, Eirik; Øxnevad, Sigurd; Rundberget, Thomas; Bæk, Kine; Rostkowski, Pawel Marian; Röhler, Laura; Borgen, Anders (NIVA report;6928-2015, Research report, 2015)
      The occurrence and environmental risk of a number of phosphites and selected PBT substances are reported for wastewater effluents and leachates, as well as sediments and biota from Oslofjord and Lake Mjøsa. In addition a ...

    • Screening programme 2016 - Selected compounds with relevance for EU regulation 

      Schlabach, Martin; van Bavel, Bert; Lomba, Jose Antonio Baz; Borgen, Anders; Fjeld, Eirik; Halse, Anne Karine; Nikiforov, Vladimir; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Reid, Malcolm James; Rostkowski, Pawel Marian; Vogelsang, Christian (NILU report; 34/2017, Research report, 2017)
      This report summarizes the findings of a screening study into the occurrence of selected solvents, siloxanes, flame retardants, bisphenols and other PBT compounds in effluents, sewage sludge, surface water, sediments, house ...

    • Screening Programme 2017 – AMAP Assessment Compounds 

      Schlabach, Martin; van Bavel, Bert; Baz-Lomba, Jose Antonio; Borgen, Anders; Gabrielsen, Geir Wing; Götsch, Arntraut; Halse, Anne Karine; Hanssen, Linda; Krogseth, Ingjerd Sunde; Nikiforov, Vladimir; Nygård, Torgeir; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Reid, Malcolm James; Rostkowski, Pawel Marian; Samanipour, Saer (NILU report;21/2018, Research report, 2018)
      This report summarizes the findings of a screening study on the occurrence of emerging substances selected by AMAP and other related substances measured earlier. The study includes selected solvents, siloxanes, flame ...