Spatial And Temporal Trends Of Organic Pollutants In Vegetation From Remote And Rural Areas.

ABSTRACT: Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) used in agricultural, industrial, and domestic applications are widely distributed and bioaccumulate in food webs, causing adverse effects to the biosphere. A review of published data for 1977-2015 for a wide range of vegetation around the globe indicates an extensive load of pollutants in vegetation. On a global perspective, the accumulation of POPs and PAHs in vegetation depends on the industrialization history across continents and distance to emission sources, beyond organism type and climatic variables. International regulations initially reduced the concentrations of POPs in vegetation in rural areas, but concentrations of HCB, HCHs, and DDTs at remote sites did not decrease or even increased over time,

SUBMITTER: Bartrons M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4857197 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature