New Types of Persistent Halogenated Compounds

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XIII

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2. Alkylaromatic Chlorohydrocarbons

   • Jaakko Paasivirta

   Pages 1-29

3. Tris(4-Chlorophenyl)Methanol and Tris(4-Chlorophenyl)Methane

   • Jacob de Boer

   Pages 31-41

4. Polychlorinated Terphenyls

   • Jacob de Boer

   Pages 43-59

5. Polybrominated Biphenyls and Diphenylethers

   • Jacob de Boer, Karin de Boer, Jan P. Boon

   Pages 61-96

6. Polychlorinated Naphthalenes (PCNs)

   • Eva Jakobsson, Lillemor Asplund

   Pages 97-126

7. Non- and Mono-ortho Chlorinated Biphenyls

   • N. Kannan

   Pages 127-156

8. Polychlorinated Diphenyl Ethers (PCDE)

   • Jaana Koistinen

   Pages 157-201

9. Chlorinated Paraffins

   • Derek Muir, Gary Stern, Gregg Tomy

   Pages 203-236

10. Toxaphene. Analysis and Environmental Fate of Congeners

    • Walter Vetter, Michael Oehme

    Pages 237-287

11. Polychlorinated Dibenzothiophenes (PCDTs), Thianthrenes (PCTAs) and Their Alkylated Derivatives

    • Seija Sinkkonen

    Pages 289-314

12. Methyl Sulfone and Hydroxylated Metabolites of Polychlorinated Biphenyls

    • Robert J. Letcher, Eva Klasson-Wehler, Ake Bergman

    Pages 315-359

13. Back Matter

    Pages 361-366

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Environmental Chemistry is a relatively young science. Interest in this subject, however, is growing very rapidly and, although no agreement has been reached as yet about the exact content and limits of this interdisciplinary discipline, there appears to be increasing interest in seeing environmental topics which are based on chemistry embodied in this subject. One of the first objectives of Environ mental Chemistry must be the study of the environment and of natural chemical processes which occur in the environment. A major purpose of this series on Environmental Chemistry, therefore, is to present a reasonably uniform view of various aspects of the chemistry of the environment and chemical reactions occurring in the environment. The industrial activities of man have given a new dimension to Environ mental Chemistry. We have now synthesized and described over five million chemical compounds and chemical industry produces about hundred and fifty million tons of synthetic chemicals annually. We ship billions of tons of oil per year and through mining operations and other geophysical modifications, large quantities of inorganic and organic materials are released from their natural deposits. Cities and metropolitan areas of up to 15 million inhabitants produce large quantities of waste in relatively small and confined areas. Much of the chemical products and waste products of modern society are released into the environment either during production, storage, transport, use or ultimate disposal. These released materials participate in natural cycles and reactions and frequently lead to interference and disturbance of natural systems.

• Environmental hazards
• PCB
• PCBs
• Toxaphen
• Toxaphene
• Umweltschadstoffe
• emissions
• ethers
• hydrocarbons
• polychlorinated biphenyls
• xenobiotics
• terrestrial pollution

• Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany

  Otto Hutzinger

• Department of Chemistry, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland

  Jaakko Paasivirta

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