Browsing Kjemisk institutt by Author "Breivik, Knut"
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Halse, Anne Karine; Schlabach, Martin; Eckhardt, Sabine; Sweetman, Andy; Jones, Kevin C; Breivik, Knut (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2011)Passive air samplers (PAS) were deployed at 86 European background sites during summer 2006 in order (i) to gain further insight into spatial patterns of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in European background air and, ...
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Breivik, Knut; McLachlan, Michael S.; Wania, Frank (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)The assessment of long-range transport potential (LRTP) is enshrined in several frameworks for chemical regulation such as the Stockholm Convention. Screening for LRTP is commonly done with the OECD Pov and LRTP Screening ...
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Arp, Hans Peter; Morin, Nicolas; Andersson, Patrik L.; Hale, Sarah; Wania, Frank; Breivik, Knut; Breedveld, Gijs D. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)Even though production and open use of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have been phased out in Western industrialised countries since the 1980s, PCBs were still present in waste collected from different waste handling ...
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Nøst, Therese Haugdahl; Berg, Vivian; Hanssen, Linda; Rylander, Charlotta; Gaudreau, Eric; Dumas, Pierre; Breivik, Knut; Sandanger, Torkjel M (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background Human biomonitoring studies have demonstrated decreasing concentrations of many persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in years after emission peaks. Objectives To describe time trends of POPs in blood using ...
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Breivik, Knut; MacLeod, Matthew; Wania, Frank; Eckhardt, Sabine (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)Most environmental monitoring programs on organic contaminants, such as persistent organic pollutants (POPs), have a restricted explicit geographical scope, targeting a specific country or region. Such programs often aim ...
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Breivik, Knut; Armitage, James M; Wania, Frank; Sweetman, Andrew J; Jones, Kevin C (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)Elevated concentrations of various industrial-use persistent organic pollutants (POPs), such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), have been reported in some developing areas in sub-tropical and tropical regions known to ...
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Krogseth, Ingjerd Sunde; Whelan, Mick; Christensen, Guttorm N; Breivik, Knut; Evenset, Anita; Warner, Nick A. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)Cyclic volatile methyl siloxanes (cVMS) are emitted to aquatic environments with wastewater effluents. Here, we evaluate the environmental behavior of three cVMS compounds (octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4), decamethylcy ...
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Li, Li; Cheng, Chengkang; Li, Dingsheng; Breivik, Knut; Abbasi, Golnoush; Li, Yi-Fan (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)Information on the global production and environmental releases of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) is of critical importance for regulating and eliminating these chemical substances of worldwide environmental and ...