Naslov
Inventory and status of persistent organic pollutants - pesticides in Croatia

Autori
Vinceković, Marko ; Vončina, Darko ; Kos, Tomislav ; Pavlinić-Prokurica, Iva ; Hamel, Darka.

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, stručni

Knjiga
Environmental Security Assessment and Management of Obsolete Pesticides in Southeast Europe

Urednik/ci
Simeonov, Lubomir I. ; Macaev, Fliur Z. ; Simeonova, Biana G.

Izdavač
Springer

Grad
New York (NY)

Godina
2013

Raspon stranica
323-332

ISBN
978-94-007-6460-6

Ključne riječi
pesticides

Sažetak
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) which include some pesticides are very important environment pollutants. Their harmful impact is mainly consisted of their air transmission, resistance to chemical-, photo- and bio-degradation and possibility of their accumulation in fat tissue of all living organisms. As they can be transported by air over long distances, they were found in environmental samples in locations where they were not used. This group of pollutants includes pesticides (such as aldrin, chlordane, dieldrin, endrin, heptachlor, lindane, alpha hexachlorocyclohexane, beta hexachlorocyclohexane, hexachlorobenzene, mirex, toxaphene, DDT), industrial chemicals (such as polychlorinated biphenyls, PCBs) and unintentional by-products of industrial processes (such as dioxins, furans etc.). Because of their high efficacy in the middle of 20th Century their consumption was very high. In the meantime their negative impacts appeared and their harmfulness became well known threat to the environment and to human health all over the globe. In this work an overview of inventory and status of POPs in Croatia is given. The emphasis is given on POPs pesticides.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Poljoprivreda (agronomija)

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