TY - CHAP AU - Zhengjun Zhang AU - Qin Zhou AU - Xian Zhang ED - Tomasz Puzyn ED - Aleksandra Mostrag-Szlichtyng Y1 - 2012-02-24 PY - 2012 T1 - Rapid Detection and Recognition of Organic Pollutants at Trace Levels by Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering N2 - Ten years after coming into force of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), a wide range of organic chemicals (industrial formulations, plant protection products, pharmaceuticals and personal care products, etc.) still poses the highest priority environmental hazard. The broadening of knowledge of organic pollutants (OPs) environmental fate and effects, as well as the decontamination techniques, is accompanied by an increase in significance of certain pollution sources (e.g. sewage sludge and dredged sediments application, textile industry), associated with a potential generation of new dangers for humans and natural ecosystems. The present book addresses these aspects, especially in the light of Organic Pollutants risk assessment as well as the practical application of novel analytical methods and techniques for removing OPs from the environment. Providing analytical and environmental update, this contribution can be particularly valuable for engineers and environmental scientists. BT - Organic Pollutants Ten Years After the Stockholm Convention SP - Ch. 9 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/32592 DO - 10.5772/32592 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-03-19 ER -