The book gives an overview on properties and research methods of new persistent organic chlorines and bromine compounds which have been intensively studied only recently. Sources, emissions and metabolic transformations are reviewed. Physical and chemical properties and degradation rates, observations of levels and trends in the environment are presented. Analytical methodologies and biological

Comprehensive and state-of-the-art overview on environmentally hazardous compounds, the toxicological properties and metabolic transformations of which have been studied only recently

Inhalt
Alkylaromatic Chlorohydrocarbons.- Tris(4-Chlorophenyl)Methanol and Tris(4-Chlorophenyl)Methane.- Polychlorinated Terphenyls.- Polybrominated Biphenyls and Diphenylethers.- Polychlorinated Naphthalenes (PCNs).- Non- and Mono-ortho Chlorinated Biphenyls.- Polychlorinated Diphenyl Ethers (PCDE).- Chlorinated Paraffins.- Toxaphene. Analysis and Environmental Fate of Congeners.- Polychlorinated Dibenzothiophenes (PCDTs), Thianthrenes (PCTAs) and Their Alkylated Derivatives.- Methyl Sulfone and Hydroxylated Metabolites of Polychlorinated Biphenyls.