Blar i NILU Brage på tidsskrift "Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts"
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Characterization of Inhalation Exposure to Gaseous Elemental Mercury During Artisanal Gold Mining and E-Waste Recycling Through Combined Stationary and Personal Passive Sampling
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)While occupational inhalation exposure to gaseous elemental mercury (GEM) has decreased in many workplaces as mercury is being removed from most products and processes, it continues to be a concern for those engaged in ... -
Evaluating the Environmental Fate of Short-Chain Chlorinated Paraffins (SCCPs) in the Nordic Environment Using a Dynamic Multimedia Model
(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, ... -
Finding essentiality feasible: common questions and misinterpretations concerning the “essential-use” concept
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The essential-use concept is a tool that can guide the phase-out of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and potentially other substances of concern. This concept is a novel approach to chemicals management that ... -
The high persistence of PFAS is sufficient for their management as a chemical class
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a class of synthetic organic substances with diverse structures, properties, uses, bioaccumulation potentials and toxicities. Despite this high diversity, all PFAS are alike ... -
Introducing a nested multimedia fate and transport model for organic contaminants (NEM)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Some organic contaminants, including the persistent organic pollutants (POPs), have achieved global distribution through long range atmospheric transport (LRAT). Regulatory efforts, monitoring programs and modelling studies ... -
Mercury in air and soil on an urban-rural transect in East Africa
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)There are large knowledge gaps concerning concentrations, sources, emissions, and spatial trends of mercury (Hg) in the atmosphere in developing regions of the Southern Hemisphere, particularly in urban areas. Filling these ... -
Modelling PCB-153 in northern ecosystems across time, space, and species using the nested exposure model
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)There is concern over possible effects on ecosystems and humans from exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and chemicals with similar properties. The main objective of this study was to develop, evaluate, and ... -
An overview of the uses of per- And polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are of concern because of their high persistence (or that of their degradation products) and their impacts on human and environmental health that are known or can be deduced from ... -
Seasonal and latitudinal variability in the atmospheric concentrations of cyclic volatile methyl siloxanes in the Northern Hemisphere
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Field data from two latitudinal transects in Europe and Canada were gathered to better characterize the atmospheric fate of three cyclic methylsiloxanes (cVMSs), i.e., octamethyl-cyclotetrasiloxane (D4), decamethylcyclop ... -
Strategies for grouping per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to protect human and environmental health
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Grouping strategies are needed for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), in part, because it would be time and resource intensive to test and evaluate the more than 4700 PFAS on the global market on a chemical-by-chemical ... -
The concept of essential use for determining when uses of PFASs can be phased out
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Because of the extreme persistence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and their associated risks, the Madrid Statement argues for stopping their use where they are deemed not essential or when safer alternatives ... -
Using elemental analyses and multivariate statistics to identify the off-site dispersion from informal e-waste processing
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)