Browsing Kjemisk institutt by Author "Breivik, Knut"
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Breivik, Knut; McLachlan, Michael S.; Wania, Frank (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)It is of considerable interest to identify chemicals which may represent a hazard and risk to environmental and human health in remote areas. The OECD POV and LRTP Screening Tool (“The Tool”) for assessing chemicals for ...
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Snow, Melanie A.; Darko, Godfred; Gyamfi, Opoku; Ansah, Eugene; Breivik, Knut; Hoang, Christopher; Lei, Ying Duan; Wania, Frank (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)While occupational inhalation exposure to gaseous elemental mercury (GEM) has decreased in many workplaces as mercury is being removed from most products and processes, it continues to be a concern for those engaged in ...
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Krogseth, Ingjerd Sunde; Undeman, Emma Maria; Evenset, Anita; Christensen, Guttorm N.; Whelan, Mick; Breivik, Knut; Warner, Nicholas Alexander (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)Cyclic volatile methylsiloxanes (cVMS) are used in personal care products and emitted to aquatic environments through wastewater effluents, and their bioaccumulation potential is debated. Here, a new bentho-pelagic version ...
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Glüge, Juliane; Steinlin, Christine; Schalles, Simone; Wegmann, Lukas; Josef, Tremp; Breivik, Knut; Hungerbühler, Konrad; Bogdal, Christian (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are persistent organic compounds that are ubiquitously found in the environment. Their use and manufacture were restricted or banned in many countries in the 1970±1980s, however, they still ...
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Nipen, Maja; Vogt, Rolf David; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Borgå, Katrine; Mwakalapa, Eliezer Brown; Borgen, Anders; Schlabach, Martin; Christensen, Guttorm N; Mmochi, Aviti John; Breivik, Knut (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)Temporal trends of industrial organic contaminants can show how environmental burdens respond to changes in production, regulation, and other anthropogenic and environmental factors. Numerous studies have documented such ...
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Breivik, Knut; Eckhardt, Sabine; McLachlan, Michael S; Wania, Frank (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)Some organic contaminants, including the persistent organic pollutants (POPs), have achieved global distribution through long range atmospheric transport (LRAT). Regulatory efforts, monitoring programs and modelling studies ...
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Quinn, Cristina L; Frank, Wania; Gertje, Czub; Breivik, Knut (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2011)Background: Reproductive behaviors (such as age of childbearing, parity, and breastfeeding prevalence) have changed over the same historical time period as PCB emissions and may produce intergenerational differences in ...
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Syed, Jabir Hussain; Iqbal, Mehreen; Breivik, Knut; Chaudhry, Muhammad Jamshed Iqbal; Shahnawaz, Muhammad; Abbas, Zaigham; Nasir, Jawad; Rizvi, Syed Hussain Haider; Taqi, Malik Mumtaz Hussain; Li, Jun; Zhang, Gan (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)Atmospheric concentration of legacy (LFRs) and emerging flame retardants (EFRs) including 8 polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), 6 novel brominated flame retardants (NBFRs), 2 dechlorane plus isomers (DP), and 8 chlorinated ...
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Kallenborn, Roland; Breivik, Knut; Eckhardt, Sabine; Lunder, Chris Rene; Manø, Stein; Schlabach, Martin; Stohl, Andreas (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2013)A first long-term monitoring of selected persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in Antarctic air has been conducted at the Norwegian research station Troll (Dronning Maud Land). As target contaminants 32 PCB congeners, α- ...
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Nøst, Therese Haugdahl; Halse, Anne Karine; Schlabach, Martin; Bäcklund, Are; Eckhardt, Sabine; Breivik, Knut (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)Ambient air is a core medium for monitoring of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) under the Stockholm Convention and is used in studies of global transports of POPs and their atmospheric sources and source regions. Still, ...
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Halvorsen, Helene Lunder; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Eckhardt, Sabine; Gusev, Alexey; Krogseth, Ingjerd Sunde; Möckel, Claudia; Shatalov, Victor; Skogeng, Lovise Pedersen; Breivik, Knut (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)National long-term monitoring programs on persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in background air have traditionally relied on active air sampling techniques. Due to limited spatial coverage of active air samplers, questions ...
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Nipen, Maja; Jørgensen, Susanne Jøntvedt; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Borgå, Katrine; Breivik, Knut; Mmochi, Aviti J; Mwakalapa, Eliezer; Quant, M. Isabel; Schlabach, Martin; Vogt, Rolf David; Wania, Frank (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)There are large knowledge gaps concerning concentrations, sources, emissions, and spatial trends of mercury (Hg) in the atmosphere in developing regions of the Southern Hemisphere, particularly in urban areas. Filling these ...
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Krogseth, Ingjerd Sunde; Breivik, Knut; Frantzen, Sylvia; Nilsen, Bente Merete; Eckhardt, Sabine; Nøst, Therese Haugdahl; Wania, Frank (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)There is concern over possible effects on ecosystems and humans from exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and chemicals with similar properties. The main objective of this study was to develop, evaluate, and ...
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Röhler, Laura; Schlabach, Martin; Haglund, Peter; Breivik, Knut; Kallenborn, Roland; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)The Norwegian Arctic possesses a unique environment for the detection of new potential chemicals of emerging Arctic concern (CEACs) due to remoteness, sparse population and the low number of local contamination sources. ...
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Arnot, Jon A; Brown, Trevor N.; Wania, Frank; Breivik, Knut; McLachlan, Michael S. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2012)Background: Scientists and regulatory agencies strive to identify chemicals that may cause harmful effects to humans and the environment; however, prioritization is challenging because of the large number of chemicals ...
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Möckel, Claudia; Breivik, Knut; Nøst, Therese Haugdahl; Sankoh, Alhaji; Jones, Kevin C.; Sweetman, Andrew (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)Organic contaminants (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and chlorinated paraffins (CPs)) and heavy metals and metalloids (Ag, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, ...
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Source regions of some persistent organic pollutants measured in the atmosphere at Birkenes, Norway Eckhardt, Sabine; Breivik, Knut; Li, Yi-Fan; Manø, Stein; Stohl, Andreas (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2009)A key feature of POPs (Persistent Organic Pollutants) is their potential for long-range atmospheric transport. In order to better understand and predict atmospheric source-receptor relationships of POPs, we have modified ...
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Spatial distribution of Dechlorane Plus and dechlorane related compounds in European background air Skogeng, Lovise Pedersen; Halvorsen, Helene Lunder; Breivik, Knut; Eckhardt, Sabine; Herzke, Dorte; Moeckel, Claudia; Krogseth, Ingjerd Sunde (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)The highly chlorinated chemical Dechlorane Plus (DP) was introduced as a replacement flame retardant for Mirex, which is banned through the Stockholm Convention (SC) for its toxicity (T), environmental persistence (P), ...
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Nipen, Maja; Vogt, Rolf David; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Borgå, Katrine; Mwakalapa, Eliezer Brown; Borgen, anders Røsrud; Jørgensen, Susanne Jøntvedt; Ntapanta, Samwel Moses; Mmochi, Aviti John; Schlabach, Martin; Breivik, Knut (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)There are large knowledge gaps concerning environmental levels and fate of many organic pollutants, particularly for chemicals of emerging concern in tropical regions of the Global South. In this study, we investigated the ...
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Halvorsen, Helene Lunder; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Eckhardt, Sabine; Gusev, Alexey; Moeckel, Claudia; Shatalov, Victor; Skogeng, Lovise Pedersen; Breivik, Knut (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)Concentration data on POPs in air is necessary to assess the effectiveness of international regulations aiming to reduce the emissions of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) into the environment. POPs in European background ...