目次

Sl. No. Item Page   List of Tables     List of Figures     Acronyms     Executive Summary   1.0 Overview of Stockholm Convention    2.0 Dirty Dozens–Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Environment     2.1 Classification     2.2 Properties   3.0 POPs Emission     3.1 Natural Processes     3.2 Anthropogenic Sources   4.0 POPs in the Environment     4.1 Influence of POPs on the Environment     4.2 Air, Water and Soil     4.3 Commercial Productions     4.0 Retail Food and Humans   5.0 Health Effects     5.1 Occupational Exposure to Pesticides and other POPs     5.2 Toxicokinetics     5.3 Toxicity and Mechanism of Action     5.4 Daily Intake Guidelines   6.0 Environmental Fate     6.1 Transport Mechanisms       6.1.1 Air       6.1.2 Soil       6.1.3 Water   7.0 Problems Related to POPs   8.0 Analytical Techniques for measurement of POPs     8.1 Sampling     8.2 Sample extraction     8.3 Extensive Clean–up     8.4 Optimization of GC– MS /LC–MS Conditions and     8.5 Analysis of extracts   9.0 Removal Techniques for POPs     9.1 Destruction of Dioxins     9.2 Destruction of Organochlorine Pesticides     9.3 Destruction of Polychlorinated biphenyls     Bibliography