scholarly journals The influence of scientists and scientific knowledge on international environmental policy: Canada, persistent organic pollutants, and the Stockholm Convention.

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles M. Thrift
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Policy ◽  
Organic Pollutants ◽  
Persistent Organic Pollutants ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Stockholm Convention ◽  
International Environmental Policy

scholarly journals THE CURRENT STATE OF THE ISSUE OF PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS IN UKRAINE AND APPROACHES FOR ITS RESOLUTION

2021 ◽  
pp. 80-88
Author(s):  
V.V. Chetverykov ◽  
I. Holoubek ◽  
K.K. Pianykh
Keyword(s):  
Organic Pollutants ◽  
Persistent Organic Pollutants ◽  
Plant Protection ◽  
Electrical Equipment ◽  
Stockholm Convention ◽  
Implementation Plan ◽  
Best Available Techniques ◽  
Dielectric Liquids ◽  
National Implementation ◽  
Expert Analysis

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) relate to a group of toxicants, which is separated due to an extremely hazardous impact on human health and is regulated by a special international agreement — the Stockholm Convention on POPs. Each Party of the Convention should develop and consistently renew the National Implementation Plan to implement requirements under this Convention. Ukraine developed the National Implementation Plan in 2007, and the experts started works on its renewal in 2020. The article contains results of expert analysis of changes in volumes and forms of accumulation of waste, consisting of containing or contaminated with POPs, in particular, unusable and prohibited plant protection chemicals (PPC). There are outcomes of expert analysis of changes in use of electrical equipment that contained synthetic dielectric liquids based on polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Based on analysis, activities are proposed to the National Implementation Plan for development of effective infrastructure for thermal destruction of POP-containing waste. In addition to storage sites of POPs-containing waste, so-called “nintentional production” is an essential source of POPs entering environment. For categories of sources that under the Stockholm Convention can potentially polluted environment with POPs volumes of annual emission into the air, water, and soil for six basic pollutants have been calculated. Modern extensive monitoring system for POPs should be established to clear up a real state with environmental pollution by POPs in the country. Results of such monitoring together with strong regulatory support may motivate enterprises to an introduction of “best available techniques”. Bibl. 7, Tab. 3.

Microbial approaches for remediation of pollutants: Innovations, future outlook, and challenges

2020 ◽  
pp. 0958305X1989678 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bishwambhar Mishra ◽  
Sunita Varjani ◽  
Gopalakrishnan Kumar ◽  
Mukesh Kumar Awasthi ◽  
Sanjeev Kumar Awasthi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Pollutants ◽  
Persistent Organic Pollutants ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Microbial Interactions ◽  
Future Outlook ◽  
The Past ◽  
Treatment Technologies ◽  
Polluted Sites ◽  
Environmentally Sound

Environmental contamination with persistent organic pollutants has emerged as a serious threat of pollution. Bioremediation is a key to eliminate these harmful pollutants from the environment and has gained the interest of researchers during the past few decades. Scientific knowledge upon microbial interactions with individual pollutants over the past decades has helped to abate environmental pollution. Traditional bioremediation approaches have limitations for their applications; hence, it is essential to discover new bioremediation approaches with biotechnological interventions for best results. The developments in various methodologies are expected to increase the efficiency of bioremediation techniques and provide environmentally sound strategies. This paper deals with the profiling of microorganisms present in polluted sites using various techniques such as culture-based approaches and omics-based approaches. Besides this, it also provides up-to-date scientific literature on the microbial electrochemical technologies which are nowadays considered as the best approach for remediation of pollutants. Detailed information about future outlook and challenges to evaluate the effect of various treatment technologies for remediation of pollutants has been discussed.

scholarly journals «Грязная дюжина» Стокгольмской конвенции. Химия и токсикология стойких органических загрязняющих веществ (СОЗ): обзор литературы

2020 ◽  
pp. 12-61
Author(s):  
В.Ю. Цыганков
Keyword(s):  
Polychlorinated Biphenyls ◽  
Organochlorine Pesticides ◽  
Organic Pollutants ◽  
Persistent Organic Pollutants ◽  
Chemical Properties ◽  
Stockholm Convention ◽  
Physical And Chemical Properties ◽  
Dirty Dozen ◽  
Physical And Chemical ◽  
And Chemical Properties

В главе представлена информация о Стокгольмской конвенции, этапах ее формирования и "грязной дюжине". Описаны физико-химические свойства, распределение в окружающей среде, метаболизм и деградация, токсичность основных стойких органических загрязняющих веществ (СОЗ), таких как хлорорганические пестициды (ХОП) и полихлорированные бифенилы (ПХБ). Ключевые слова: «грязная дюжина»; Стокгольмская конвенция; СОЗ; ХОП; ПХБ; физико-химические свойства; распределение в окружающей среде; метаболизм и деградация; токсичность. In the chapter, the "dirty dozen" of the Stockholm Convention and the stages of its formation are presented. The physical and chemical properties, distribution in the environment, metabolism and degradation, toxicity of the main persistent organic pollutants (POPs), such as organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), are described. Keywords: "dirty dozen"; Stockholm Convention; POPs; OCP; PCBs; physical and chemical properties; distribution in the environment; metabolism and deg-radation; toxicity.

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