Browsing NILU Brage by Author "Jones, Kevin C"
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Atmospheric polychlorinated biphenyls in Indian cities: Levels, emission sources and toxicity equivalents
Chakraborty, Paromita; Zhang, Gan; Eckhardt, Sabine; Li, Jun; Breivik, Knut; Lam, Paul KS; Tanabe, Shinsuke; Jones, Kevin C (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Atmospheric concentration of Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were measured on diurnal basis by active air sampling during Dec 2006 to Feb 2007 in seven major cities from the northern (New Delhi and Agra), eastern (Kolkata), ... -
Endosulfan, pentachlorobenzene and short-chain chlorinated paraffins in background soils from Western Europe
Halse, Anne Karine; Schlabach, Martin; Schuster, Jasmin K; Jones, Kevin C; Steinnes, Eiliv; Breivik, Knut (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Soils are major reservoirs for many persistent organic pollutants (POPs). In this study, “newly” regulated POPs i.e. sum endosulfans (a-endosulfan, b-endosulfan, endosulfan sulfate), pentachlorobenzene (PeCB), and short-chain ... -
Levels, spatial distribution and sources of atmospheric OCPs, PCBs and PBDEs in a Svalbard - Sao Tomé transect
Ratola, Nuno; Graf, Carola; Montesinos, Sonia; Garrido, Adrián; Jiménez-Guerrero, Pedro; Breivik, Knut; Lacorte, Silvia; Alves, Arminda; Sweetman, Andrew J; Jones, Kevin C (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014) -
Long-Term Temporal Trends of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Their Controlling Sources in China
Zhao, Shizhen; Breivik, Knut; Liu, Guorui; Zheng, Minghui; Jones, Kevin C; Sweetman, Andrew J (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are industrial organic contaminants identified as persistent, bioaccumulative, toxic (PBT) and subject to long-range transport (LRT) with global scale significance. This study focuses on a ... -
Modeling the Time-Variant Dietary Exposure of PCBs in China over the Period 1930 to 2100
Zhao, Shizhen; Breivik, Knut; Jones, Kevin C; Sweetman, Andrew J (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)This study aimed for the first time to reconstruct historical exposure profiles for PCBs to the Chinese population, by examining the combined effect of changing temporal emissions and dietary transition. A long-term ... -
Soil concentrations, occurrence, sources and estimation of air–soil exchange of polychlorinated biphenyls in Indian cities
Chakraborty, Paromita; Zhang, Gan; Li, Jun; Selvaraj, Sakthivel; Breivik, Knut; Jones, Kevin C (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Past studies have shown potentially increasing levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the Indian environment. This is the first attempt to investigate the occurrence of PCBs in surface soil and estimate diffusive ... -
Spatial variability of POPs in European background air
Halse, Anne Karine; Schlabach, Martin; Eckhardt, Sabine; Sweetman, Andy; Jones, Kevin C; Breivik, Knut (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)Passive air samplers (PAS) were deployed at 86 European background sites during summer 2006 in order (i) to gain further insight into spatial patterns of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in European background air and, ... -
Tracking the global distribution of Persistent Organic Pollutants accounting for e-waste exports to developing regions
Breivik, Knut; Armitage, James M; Wania, Frank; Sweetman, Andrew J; Jones, Kevin C (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Elevated concentrations of various industrial-use persistent organic pollutants (POPs), such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), have been reported in some developing areas in sub-tropical and tropical regions known to ... -
Tracking the global generation and exports of e-waste. Do existing estimates add up?
Breivik, Knut; Armitage, James M; Wania, Frank; Jones, Kevin C (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)The transport of discarded electronic and electrical appliances (e-waste) to developing regions has received considerable attention, but it is difficult to assess the significance of this issue without a quantitative ... -
Using passive air samplers to assess local sources versus long range atmospheric transport of POPs
Halse, Anne Karine; Schlabach, Martin; Sweetman, Andy; Jones, Kevin C; Breivik, Knut (Journal article, 2012)Passive air samplers (PAS) are cost-efficient tools suitable for spatial mapping of atmospheric concentrations of persistent organic pollutants (POPs). The objective of this study was to use PAS to (i) determine atmospheric ...