Browsing Vitenskapelige publikasjoner by Author "Breivik, Knut"
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Introduction to the European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (EMEP) and observed atmospheric composition change during 1972-2009
Tørseth, Kjetil; Aas, Wenche; Breivik, Knut; Fjæraa, Ann Mari; Fiebig, Markus; Hjellbrekke, Anne-Gunn; Myhre, Cathrine Lund; Solberg, Sverre; Yttri, Karl Espen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)European scale harmonized monitoring of atmospheric composition was initiated in the early 1970s, and the activity has generated a comprehensive dataset (available at http://www.emep.int) which allows the evaluation of ... -
Legacy and emerging flame retardants (FRs) in the urban atmosphere of Pakistan: Diurnal variations, gas-particle partitioning and human health exposure
Syed, Jabir Hussain; Iqbal, Mehreen; Breivik, Knut; Chaudhry, Muhammad Jamshed Iqbal; Shahnawaz, Muhammad; Abbas, Zaigham; Nasir, Jawad; Rizvi, Syed Hussain Haider; Taqi, Malik Mumtaz Hussain; Li, Jun; Zhang, Gan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020) -
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-range transport of industrial-use organic contaminants with e-waste: Possible implications for emissions, transport and environmental exposure
Breivik, Knut; Armitage, James M; Wania, Frank (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014) -
Long-term monitoring of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) at the Norwegian Troll station in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica
Kallenborn, Roland; Breivik, Knut; Eckhardt, Sabine; Lunder, Chris Rene; Manø, Stein; Schlabach, Martin; Stohl, Andreas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013) -
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 ... -
Low concentrations of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in air at Cape Verde
Nøst, Therese Haugdahl; Halse, Anne Karine; Schlabach, Martin; Bäcklund, Are; Eckhardt, Sabine; Breivik, Knut (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Ambient air is a core medium for monitoring of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) under the Stockholm Convention and is used in studies of global transports of POPs and their atmospheric sources and source regions. Still, ... -
Main sources controlling atmospheric burdens of persistent organic pollutants on a national scale
Halvorsen, Helene Lunder; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Eckhardt, Sabine; Gusev, Alexey; Krogseth, Ingjerd Sunde; Möckel, Claudia; Shatalov, Victor; Skogeng, Lovise Pedersen; Breivik, Knut (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)National long-term monitoring programs on persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in background air have traditionally relied on active air sampling techniques. Due to limited spatial coverage of active air samplers, questions ... -
Mercury in air and soil on an urban-rural transect in East Africa
Nipen, Maja; Jørgensen, Susanne Jøntvedt; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Borgå, Katrine; Breivik, Knut; Mmochi, Aviti J; Mwakalapa, Eliezer; Quant, M. Isabel; Schlabach, Martin; Vogt, Rolf David; Wania, Frank (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 ... -
Model-based evaluation of the use of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons molecular diagnostic ratios as a source identification tool
Katsoyiannis, Athanasios; Breivik, Knut (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) molecular diagnostic ratios (MDRs) are unitless concentration ratios of pair-PAHs with the same molecular weight (MW); MDRs have long been used as a tool for PAHs source identification ... -
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 ... -
Modelling PCB-153 in northern ecosystems across time, space, and species using the nested exposure model
Krogseth, Ingjerd Sunde; Breivik, Knut; Frantzen, Sylvia; Nilsen, Bente Merete; Eckhardt, Sabine; Nøst, Therese Haugdahl; Wania, Frank (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 ... -
Non-target and suspect characterisation of organic contaminants in Arctic air – Part 2: Application of a new tool for identification and prioritisation of chemicals of emerging Arctic concern in air
Röhler, Laura; Schlabach, Martin; Haglund, Peter; Breivik, Knut; Kallenborn, Roland; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The Norwegian Arctic possesses a unique environment for the detection of new potential chemicals of emerging Arctic concern (CEACs) due to remoteness, sparse population and the low number of local contamination sources. ... -
Occurrence and seasonality of cyclic volatile methyl siloxanes in Arctic air
Krogseth, Ingjerd Sunde; Kierkegaard, Amelie; McLachlan, Michael S.; Breivik, Knut; Hansen, Kaj M.; Schlabach, Martin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Cyclic volatile methyl siloxanes (cVMS) are present in technical applications and personal care products. They are predicted to undergo long-range atmospheric transport, but measurements of cVMS in remote areas remain ... -
Persistent Organic Pollutants in Norwegian Men from 1979 to 2007: Intraindividual Changes, Age–Period–Cohort Effects, and Model Predictions
Nøst, Therese Haugdahl; Breivik, Knut; Fuskevåg, Ole-Martin; Nieboer, Evert; Odland, Jon Øyvind; Sandanger, Torkjel M (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Background: Longitudinal monitoring studies of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in human populations are important to better understand changes with time and age, and for future predictions. Objectives: We sought ... -
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) as sentinels for the elucidation of Arctic environmental change processes: a comprehensive review combined with ArcRisk project results
Carlsson, Pernilla; Breivik, Knut; Brorström-Lundén, Eva; Cousins, Ian; Christensen, Jesper; Grimalt, Joan O.; Halsall, Crispin; Kallenborn, Roland; Abass, Khaled; Lammel, Gerhard; Munthe, John; MacLeod, Matthew; Odland, Jon Øyvind; Pawlak, Janet; Rautio, Arja; Reiersen, Lars-Otto; Schlabach, Martin; Stemmler, Irene; Wilson, Simon; Wöhrnschimmel, Henry (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) can be used as chemical sentinels for the assessment of anthropogenic influences on Arctic environmental change. We present an overview of studies on PCBs in the Arctic and combine these ... -
Possible emissions of POPs in plain and hilly areas of Nepal: Implications for source apportionment and health risk assessment
Yadav, Ishwar chandra; Devi, Ningombam linthoingambi; Li, Jun; Zhang, Gan; Breivik, Knut (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Ambient air is a core media chosen for monitoring under the Stockholm Convention on POPs. While extensive monitoring of POPs in ambient air has been carried out in some parts of the globe, there are still regions with very ... -
The presence, emission and partitioning behavior of polychlorinated biphenyls in waste, leachate and aerosols from Norwegian waste-handling facilities
Arp, Hans Peter; Morin, Nicolas; Andersson, Patrik L.; Hale, Sarah; Wania, Frank; Breivik, Knut; Breedveld, Gijs D. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Even though production and open use of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have been phased out in Western industrialised countries since the 1980s, PCBs were still present in waste collected from different waste handling ... -
Prioritizing Chemicals and Data Requirements for Screening-Level Exposure and Risk Assessment
Arnot, Jon A; Brown, Trevor N.; Wania, Frank; Breivik, Knut; McLachlan, Michael S. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Background: Scientists and regulatory agencies strive to identify chemicals that may cause harmful effects to humans and the environment; however, prioritization is challenging because of the large number of chemicals ... -
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 ...