Physico-Chemical Characterization and Quantification of Selected Persistent Trace Organic Pollutants Containing Wastewater Samples

Stabilisation of groundwater samples for the quantification of organic trace pollutants.

The concentration of contaminants in groundwater samples can be decreased by degradation in the time course between field sampling and quantification in the laboratory, especially in samples from sites where degradation activity is enhanced by remediation measures. The sampling sites covered a variety of priority organic pollutants such as volatile aromatic and chlorinated compounds, phenols an...

Removal of selected organic pollutants in anaerobic wastewater treatment process

Aromatic compounds belong to one of most widely distributed classes of organic substances used in industry, services and households and, therefore they are relatively often measured in municipal wastewater. Their efficient biological degradation is essential to reduce the subsequent disposal of such substances into the waters of the receiver, or release into the atmosphere. The mineralization o...

Physico-chemical Processes for Organic Removal from Wastewater Effluent

Selected persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the Italian environment.

The ratification of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants is a departure point for several considerations on their presence in environmental matrices. In this paper, the Italian situation is presented with emphasis on the most toxic compounds--chemicals with dioxin-like toxic action, and the activity in the area of interest of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità. Biotic, as wel...

Persistent Organic Pollutants ("POPs")

Strictly speaking, all toxins entering the environment can be regarded as environmental poisons. Certain pollutants can, acting over long periods, harm living organisms even in low concentrations. This means that pollutants that are stable and thus persistent have a great ability to act as environmental poisons. Their stability means not only that their effects are long-lasting, but also that t...