The book gives an overview of properties and research methods of new persistentorganic chlorine and bromine compounds which have been observed as potentialenvir... » 

The book gives an overview of properties and research methods of new persistentorganic chlorine and bromine compounds which have been observed as potentialenvironmental hazards especially as bioaccumulated xenobiotics but intensivelystudied only recently. Sources from product uses industrial processes wastesemissions or metabolic transformations are reviewed. Physical and chemicalproperties and degradation rates useful for environmental fate predictions aregiven. Observations of levels and trends in environmental compartments arepresented. Analytical methodologies and biological effects are described indetail. Compounds reviewed include planar PCBs PCB metabolites alkylaromaticchlorohydrocarbons from pulp chlorobleaching and substitutes of PCBspolybrominated biphenyls polychlorinated and polybrominated diphenyl etherspolychlorinated terphenyls naphthalenes dibenzothiophenes and paraffinstoxaphene and tris4chlorophenylmethane derivatives. TOCJ. PaasivirtaAlkylaromatic Chlorohydrocarbons. J. de Boer Tris4ChlorophenylMethanol andTris4ChlorophenylMethane. J. de Boer Polychlorinated Terphenyls. J. deBoer K. de Boer J.P. Boon Polybrominated Biphenyls and Diphenylethers. E.Jakobsson L. Asplund Polychlorinated Naphthalenes PCNs. N. Kannan Nonand MonoIorthoI Chlorinated Biphenyls. J. Koistinen PolychlorinatedDiphenyl Ethers PCDE. D. Muir G. Stern G. Tomy Chlorinated Paraffins. W.Vetter M. Oehme Toxaphene. Analysis and Environmental Fate of Congeners. S.Sinkkonen Polychlorinated Dibenzothiophenes PCDTS Thianthrenes PCTAS andTheir Alkylated Derivatives. R.J. Letcher E. KlassonWehler BergmanMethyl Sulfone and Hydroxylated Metabolites of Polychlorinated Biphenyls. «