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1st Edition

The Old and New Persistent Organic Pollutants Sources, Risks, Regulations, and Remediation

Edited By Ravi Naidu Copyright 2026

452 Pages 38 Color & 22 B/W Illustrations

by CRC Press

Description

Our understanding of persistent organic pollutants (POPs), their exposure pathways, and their impact on the environment and human health is constantly evolving and the list of new and emerging POPs is constantly changing. This book provides a comprehensive coverage of new and old hazardous chemicals, their physical and chemical properties, their breakdown products, their fate in the environment,... Read more

Table of Contents

1. The Old and New Persistent Organic Pollutants: Sources, Risks, Regulations, and Remediation

Ravi Naidu

2. The ‘Dirty Dozen’ Hanging Out in Your Home

Vishnu D. Rajput, Pradeep Kumar, Shikha Kumari Pandey, et al.

3. Persistent Organic Pollutant Pesticides in the Soil Environment

Ross Sadler and Des Connell

4. Legacy of a Past: The Persistent Presence of Hexachlorobenzene

Ian D. Rae

5. Navigating the Crossroads: Risk Assessment in the World of Industrial Chemicals

Yanju Liu, Chamila Samarasinghe Vidane Arachchige, Jingling Xue, et al.

6. Halogenated Aromatic Compounds: Impacts, Risks, and Remediation Strategies

Chuks Kenneth Odoh, Yanju Liu, Fang Wang, et al.

7. Environmental Contamination by Organochlorine Persistent Organic Pollutants: A Globally Alarming Detriment from the Past

Helen Karasali and George Pavlidis

8. Chlorinated Solvents

Pu-Fong Liu, Wei-Ting Chen, and Chih-Ming Kao

9. Pentachlorobenzene: A Toxic Legacy in the Chemical Landscape

Qi Wang

10. Burning Issues: The Health and Environmental Concerns of Brominated Flame Retardants

Naga Raju Maddela, Kadiyala Venkateswarlu, Ravi Naidu, et al.

11. Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS): Sources, Potential Health Problems, Remediation, and Remediation Challenges

Ashkan Khoshyan, Yunlong Luo, Annette Nolan, et al.

12. Uncovering the Origins and Pollution Levels of Polychlorinated Naphthalenes: A Comprehensive Analysis

Guorui Liu, Lili Yang, Lei Zhang,et al.

13. Glyphosate in Our Ecosystem: Identifying Sources, Assessing Toxicity, and Exploring Remediation Approaches

Md Nuruzzaman, Sonia Shilpi, Md Abdul Halim, et al.

14. Endosulfan: Unveiling Sources, Toxicity, Risks, and Remediation Strategies

Neethu Narayanan, Tirthankar Banerjee, Ashish Khandelwal, et al.

15. Short-Chain Chlorinated Paraffins (SCCPs): Environmental Contamination in Soil and Water and Potential Remediation Strategies

Md Abdul Halim, Md Nuruzzaman, and Ravi Naidu

16. Navigating the Shadows: An In-Depth Exploration of Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons in Our Environment

Linbo Yu, Ravi Naidu, Luchun Duan, et al.

17. Understanding and Managing the Risks of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Soil and Groundwater

Greg B. Davis, John L. Rayner and Trevor P. Bastow

Editor(s)

Biography

Ravi Naidu is a distinguished laureate, professor, and a globally recognized highly cited environmental scientist. He has authored over 950 journal papers and edited 16 books on environmental contaminants. He was awarded the prestigious Glinka Award, known as the World Soil Prize by the United Nations. He has also been elected as a Fellow by numerous Societies and the Science Academies of Australia, New Zealand, and India. He chairs the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organizations’ International Network on Soil Pollution (INSOP) which brings together scientists from all over the world.

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