Blar i Vitenskapelige publikasjoner på forfatter "Breivik, Knut"
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Soil pollution at a major West African E-waste recycling site: Contamination pathways and implications for potential mitigation strategies
Möckel, Claudia; Breivik, Knut; Nøst, Therese Haugdahl; Sankoh, Alhaji; Jones, Kevin C.; Sweetman, Andrew (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Organic contaminants (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and chlorinated paraffins (CPs)) and heavy metals and metalloids (Ag, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, ... -
Source regions of some persistent organic pollutants measured in the atmosphere at Birkenes, Norway
Eckhardt, Sabine; Breivik, Knut; Li, Yi-Fan; Manø, Stein; Stohl, Andreas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009)A key feature of POPs (Persistent Organic Pollutants) is their potential for long-range atmospheric transport. In order to better understand and predict atmospheric source-receptor relationships of POPs, we have modified ... -
Spatial distribution of Dechlorane Plus and dechlorane related compounds in European background air
Skogeng, Lovise Pedersen; Halvorsen, Helene Lunder; Breivik, Knut; Eckhardt, Sabine; Herzke, Dorte; Moeckel, Claudia; Krogseth, Ingjerd Sunde (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The highly chlorinated chemical Dechlorane Plus (DP) was introduced as a replacement flame retardant for Mirex, which is banned through the Stockholm Convention (SC) for its toxicity (T), environmental persistence (P), ... -
Spatial trends of chlorinated paraffins and dechloranes in air and soil in a tropical urban, suburban, and rural environment
Nipen, Maja; Vogt, Rolf David; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Borgå, Katrine; Mwakalapa, Eliezer Brown; Borgen, anders Røsrud; Jørgensen, Susanne Jøntvedt; Ntapanta, Samwel Moses; Mmochi, Aviti John; Schlabach, Martin; Breivik, Knut (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)There are large knowledge gaps concerning environmental levels and fate of many organic pollutants, particularly for chemicals of emerging concern in tropical regions of the Global South. In this study, we investigated the ... -
Spatial variability and temporal changes of POPs in European background air
Halvorsen, Helene Lunder; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Eckhardt, Sabine; Gusev, Alexey; Moeckel, Claudia; Shatalov, Victor; Skogeng, Lovise Pedersen; Breivik, Knut (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Concentration data on POPs in air is necessary to assess the effectiveness of international regulations aiming to reduce the emissions of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) into the environment. POPs in European background ... -
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, ... -
Temporal trends of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in arctic air: 20 years of monitoring under the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP)
Hung, Hayley; Katsoyiannis, Athanasios A.; Brorström-Lunden, Eva; Olafsdottir, Kristin; Aas, Wenche; Breivik, Knut; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Sigurdsson, Arni; Hakola, Hannele; Bossi, Rossana; Skov, Henrik; Sverko, Ed; Barresi, Enzo; Fellin, Phil; Wilson, Simon (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Temporal trends of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) measured in Arctic air are essential in understanding long-range transport to remote regions and to evaluate the effectiveness of national and international chemical ... -
The impacts of emission trends of POPs on human concentration dynamics: Lessons learned from a longitudinal study in Norway (1979-2007)
Nøst, Therese Haugdahl; Sandanger, Torkjel M; Nieboer, Evert; Odland, Jon Øyvind; Breivik, Knut (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background. In this short communication, our focus is on the relationship between human concentrations of select persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and environmental emissions. It is based on a longitudinal study (1979-2007) ... -
The mass flow and proposed management of bisphenol A in selected Norwegian waste streams
Arp, Hans Petter Heinrich; Morin, Nicolas; Hale, Sarah; Okkenhaug, Gudny; Breivik, Knut; Sparrevik, Magnus (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Current initiatives for waste-handling in a circular economy favor prevention and recycling over incineration or landfilling. However, the impact of such a transition on environmental emissions of contaminants like bisphenol ... -
Time trends of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and Chemicals of Emerging Arctic Concern (CEAC) in Arctic air from 25 years of monitoring
Wong, Fiona; Hung, Hayley; Dryfhout-Clark, Helena; Aas, Wenche; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Breivik, Knut; Mastromonaco, Michelle N.; Brorström-Lundén, Eva; Ólafsdóttir, Kristín; Sigurdsson, Arni; Vorkamp, Katrin; Bossi, Rossana; Skov, Henrik; Hakola, Hannele; Barresi, Enzo; Sverko, Ed; Fellin, Phil; Li, Henrik; Vlasenko, Alexander; Zapevalov, Mikhail; Samsonov, Dmitry; Wilson, Simon (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The long-term time trends of atmospheric pollutants at eight Arctic monitoring stations are reported. The work was conducted under the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) of the Arctic Council. The monitoring ... -
Time trends of persistent organic pollutants in 30 year olds sampled in 1986, 1994, 2001 and 2007 in Northern Norway: measurements, mechanistic modeling and a comparison of study designs
Nøst, Therese Haugdahl; Berg, Vivian; Hanssen, Linda; Rylander, Charlotta; Gaudreau, Eric; Dumas, Pierre; Breivik, Knut; Sandanger, Torkjel M (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019) -
Towards a Nested Exposure Model for organic contaminants (NEM)
Breivik, Knut; MacLeod, Matthew; Wania, Frank; Eckhardt, Sabine (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018) -
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 ... -
Understanding of Cyclic Volatile Methyl Siloxane Fate in a High Latitude Lake Is Constrained by Uncertainty in Organic Carbon− Water Partitioning
Krogseth, Ingjerd Sunde; Whelan, Mick; Christensen, Guttorm N; Breivik, Knut; Evenset, Anita; Warner, Nicholas Alexander (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Cyclic volatile methyl siloxanes (cVMS) are emitted to aquatic environments with wastewater effluents. Here, we evaluate the environmental behavior of three cVMS compounds (octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4), decamethylcy ... -
Understanding the fate and bioaccumulation of cyclic volatile methyl siloxanes in Arctic Lakes
Krogseth, Ingjerd Sunde; Warner, Nicholas Alexander; Christensen, Guttorm N.; Whelan, Mick; Breivik, Knut; Evenset, Anita; Wasbotten, Ingar Halvorsen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014) -
Using model-based screening to help discover unknown environmental contaminants
McLachlan, Michael S; Kierkegaard, Amelie; Radke, Michael; Sobek, Anna; Malmvärn, Anna; Alsberg, Tomas; Arnot, Jon A; Brown, Trevor N.; Wania, Frank; Breivik, Knut; Xu, Shihe (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Of the tens of thousands of chemicals in use, only a small fraction has been analyzed in environmental samples. To effectively identify environmental contaminants, methods to prioritize chemicals for analytical method ... -
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 ... -
What do we know about the production and release of persistent organic pollutants in the global environment?
Li, Li; Cheng, Chengkang; Li, Dingsheng; Breivik, Knut; Abbasi, Golnoush; Li, Yi-Fan (Journal article, 2022)Information on the global production and environmental releases of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) is of critical importance for regulating and eliminating these chemical substances of worldwide environmental and ...